# Farcaster protocol update announced in a private group chat

Source: https://x.com/CryptoStatuette/status/2115582692037390361
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Farcaster-protocol-update-announced-in-a-private-group-chat?index=0x6ae3019417ecda0918f9d5d0787dc8c5f232173e8a05c4a1eeffec0d51073b4ce9715c5a
Submitted by misha on 2026-10-29 UTC, 2 upvotes, 2 comments

## Summary

The article is a sarcastic post saying Farcaster announced a new protocol update in a private group chat on a Farcaster client where the builders are banned, and it criticizes that choice. The author says they heard about the update by chance from another user in a Telegram group chat, after a previous late-night update had frozen all clients. The author mocks the announcement method as a way to keep the community from complaining about updates it cannot see.

## Article

Great news for all the digital felons of the world! Our democratically decentralized democracy reps announced a new @farcaster_xyz protocol update!

Hearing about it randomly from a fellow peasant in a TG group chat gave me much gratitude. Especially after last week’s sneaky, late night protocol update that froze all our clients. 

But my favorite part was how they shared this very essential info in a private group chat on a farcaster client where the builders are banned! They’ve clearly learned a powerful lesson: the community can’t complain about an announcement it can’t see! 🧠

I’d like to thank our overlords for relieving us of the burden of being represented. Following protocol updates was definitely interfering with my wrongthink addiction recovery. 🙏

## Comments

**tim**: Wow she’s really salty about it. But Farcaster is just the brand, no? It should be fine to lose the main client? Why is it not?

**misha**: As I understand it, Farcaster (NS-owned) controls all validator nodes and is trying to prevent non-NS aligned clients from connecting through sneaky secret protocol upgrades. But must admit mostly enjoying the drama from the sidelines, not really deep into it.