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Falling back in love with Nouns via Higher

I felt a little burned out of Nouns. I had been spending a lot of time on it, not just by traveling and representing Nouns at events this summer but through making myself available to help introduce people to Nouns and how it operates, giving feedback and making edits on props before they are candidates or once they were candidates. Then of course, there is all of the work everyone in Governance does once a proposal goes onchain. I have been doing this for almost 2 years but the amount of sup...

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Some thoughts about art onchain

A few weeks ago I recorded an episode of The Optimism Show where I touched on grants, art and Scout Game. They chopped it up into 3 different episodes and today they released the section on art. I often don't even listen to my own appearances but I listened to this one and was happy with how well it represented my various thoughts on art. I recommend you give it a watch/listen. Inspired by that here are some random thoughts around art onchain that have been swirling around my head. Traditiona...

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Leveraging Farcaster for Effective Beta Launches

Farcaster’s community of intellectually curious, tech-savvy early adopters provides a valuable environment for beta testing consumer apps, particularly those intersecting with crypto. Over my 15+ years of launching consumer applications, I have found Farcaster to be the most concentrated network of users willing to engage deeply with new products, spend money, report bugs, and provide detailed feedback. Unlike broader markets, where users encountering issues may simply abandon an app without ...

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Scout Game by CharmVerse

I joined CharmVerse a couple of years ago to help realize a vision for the future of work, powered by crypto infrastructure, developed by co-founders Alex Poon and Matt Casey. We built CharmVerse as an open-source DAO tool, which many described as "Notion for DAOs." Our goal was to create a new coordination model that would enable the creation of a million DAOs. Early on, we gained solid traction, attracting both large and small DAOs, many of which remain active users today. However, the DAO ...

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Why Retroactive Public Goods Funding

Retroactive Public Goods Funding (Retro Funding) provides an effective framework for addressing a challenge faced by communities, organizations, and networks that hope to build and maintain public goods: how do we sustainably reward those who create value for the public interest, especially when traditional funding models fall short?The Problem with Traditional Funding Models for Public GoodsPublic goods—resources that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, such as open-source software, shared...

Free to Use L2s

This is an idea I'm workshopping in public... A free-to-use Layer 2 (L2) where gas fees are fully subsidized could be what is needed to onboard a billion users onchain by eliminating transaction costs, with alternative business models sustaining the network. Leveraging tools like Coinbase Smart Wallet and Privy, users can create and sign into their wallets with email addresses or passkeys and then not require them to fund their account to have their first experiences. Blockchain Network Refer...

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Is this a mini-app? What is a mini-app?

This morning, I saw a Paragraph post from Eric Rhodes in my Warpcast feed. Instead of being taken to Safari, I was able to read it in-app—Paragraph’s mini-app in action. It struck me how seamless this experience was, showcasing the potential for mini-apps on Warpcast. In contrast to the usual context-switching between apps, the mini-app allowed me to stay within the platform while interacting with content, all without leaving the feed.What Are Mini-Apps?Mini-apps are lightweight applications ...

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Scout Game AMA via Ponder

Ponder is best app to run Surveys and Q&A’s on Farcaster. They have been building on Farcaster long before frames. The initial product a survey bot and now they have excellent frames, composers actions and cast actions. Ponder let me test a new Bounty Feature where you can reward people who give you the best Q&A answers. I used it today, along with 15 OP to incentivize people to send me their best questions about the Scout Game and Waiting list. I’ll answer them here:What's the easiest way to...

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The Scout Game: Positive Sum Gaming

The Scout Game Wait List Frame. CharmVerse has officially launched the Scout Game Waitlist—a two-week campaign designed to build momentum and gather crucial feedback ahead of our game’s full release. Sign up today and secure your spot among the first to experience the Scout Game when it launches. The Waitlist itself is gamified. The more clicks your unique frame receives, the more points you accumulate. As you level up, you gain early access to the game and earn credits to scout top builders....

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Weekly Roundup

WarpcastA cast about my dog was my most popular cast in ages. What can I buy her for 5 USDC?I don’t talk about it much but remember that time I won an Emmy?A weekend sneak peak about the Scout Game.Where I work from, but for real.Posting daily about my crypto optimism. Here is one.Everything I casted about the new iPhone was a hit. The people love iPhone.ZoraBuilderFiCrackedWritingWhat can Purple do for Farcaster Content?Software Projects on HypersubPurple BuildersReturning to iPhone NotesTas...