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Farcaster VIPs, Episode 10: Saumya

Move over, Men in Black—there’s a new FBI in town, and they're not chasing hackers... they're hosting hackathons instead, and changing the future of what it means to be onchain. In today’s Farcaster VIP feature, we meet Saumya Saxena, the founder and driving force behind Farcaster Builders India (FBI) and also the newly minted Head of Base India.

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Farcaster VIPs, Episode 9: Matthew

Today’s FVIP subject is not just Very Interesting but also Very Early to Farcaster… early enough to grab the coveted username @matthew, in fact. And as one of the first 500 users on the platform (FID 473 to be exact), Matthew has been an integral part of the community since the early days, bringing his passion for building to the purple app with Eventcaster and his knack for inspring thoughtful conversations as one of the founding hosts of the weekly Latenight Crew.

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Farcaster VIPs, Episode 8: Jesse Pollak

Last night, Jesse Pollak hosted an impromptu AMA on Farcaster, fielding a wide range of questions on a wide range of topics—from his favorite hobbies and music to his plans for the future of Coinbase, as their newly-minted VP of Engineering. In light of this, it feels like the perfect time to feature Jesse in the next episode of my Farcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People) series.

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Farcaster VIPs, Episode 7: Binji

"People come to crypto for many reasons, but they stay for the culture." Binji Pande isn’t just building partnerships at OP Labs; he’s building bridges—between protocols, communities, and most importantly, people. As the Head of Partnerships at OP Labs and a core contributor to the Optimism Collective, Binji’s onchain journey has been more of a wild adventure than a straight line—from the peaks of Nepal, to the beaches of Costa Rica and the busy streets of NY, he has been rallying communities...

Farcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People), Episode 5: Priyanka Patel

Finding Peace in Onchain Pixels. Photographer Priyanka Patel finds peace in life’s most fleeting moments, capturing them from behind the lens with a quiet, introspective eye. And then she brings them onchain, with her Farcaster friends cheering courtside.

A Quick Word About the Farcaster VIPs Series

Last week, I decided to start a new series called Farcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People), to try to counter the false narrative that there aren’t interesting people on the purple app. You can read the first five features by scrolling down on this Paragraph, or over on warpcast in the /farcaster-vips channel. Originally, my plan was just to send a single long cast every day, highlighting one person who is building and contributing on FC and constantly bringing value to the network.

Farcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People), Episode 5: Prof Werder

"What if we did a morning show that’s all about Farcaster... One you can enjoy with a cup of coffee, and we just talk about what’s happening?” Of all the many people I've had the pleasure (and occasional displeasure) to meet onchain, Prof Werder (aka “The Nounish Professor”) is one of my absolute favourites, and she is easily one of the most interesting people building on Farcaster.Among other things, she is the cofounder of GM Farcaster...

Fartcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People), Episode 4: "Mike Rainbow"

Mike Demarais (aka “Mike Rainbow”) is the dynamic and sometimes unorthodox founder of Rainbow Wallet, a popular crypto wallet known for its user-friendly design and vibrant, approachable branding. Anyone who spends enough time on Farcaster will surely have come across Mike, who is always quite active memeing in /memes, shitposting all over, and lovingly referring to the network by his favourite tongue-in-cheek misnomer: “Fartcaster.” But who is “Mike Rainbow”?

Farcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People), Episode 3: Melissa Burr

I started this series with a goal to counter the false narrative that there are no interesting people on Farcaster. But today’s entry may count as a two-for-one, proving simultaneously that the Purple App is home to Very Interesting People… and also, women! Melissa Burr (@burrrrrberry) is Farcaster’s resident Jersey Girl, a former professional poker player who has brought her lifelong love of the green felt to the Purple App

Farcaster VIPs, Episode Two: Yon

"When I draw, I find peace of mind." Today's Very Interesting Person is the one who first taught me about Marcel Duchamp's Fountain with a psychedelic, trippy NFT I collected back in 2021 and still hold to this day... Meet my Peaceful Groupie, by Yon. And then, meet Yon, a relentlessly positive and inexplicably talented artist and illustrator from Argentina who brightens the Farcaster timeline on the daily with his trippy creations and quippy casts.