Nostr is for everyone. I am a rabid Bitcoin Maix and I'll never use Ethereum, however what kind of asshole would I be if I said the Ethereum community doesn't deserve to take control of their identity, attention, and content? I want you to build the best social client for Ethereum users. I won't use it, most Bitcoiners here won't use it, but that's fine, because you're not building for us. You're building for YOUR community and that's fucking cool.
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Farcaster is the best social protocol for Ethereum and crypto community!
And itβs dying, the founder admitted it.
Please read carefully.
He said from now on he's focusing on the financial side and the wallet client of Farcaster, not the social stuff. Other Farcaster clients can take whatever approach they want. His point is about the Farcaster client, not the Farcaster protocol.
Sorry, but no. And I say that as an Ethereum person.
Iβm a big fan of Nostr as a truly decentralized social network, but Farcaster is also making solid progress toward decentralization, and overall itβs way more appealing than Nostr.
Decentralization is not only where messages and identity are stored, but also the number of clients you can use and generally ecosystem availability
Why is there no alternative client to Warpcast? Nostr, AT Protocol, each protocol has tons of clients.. but I've never seen a usable Farcaster client other than Warpcast
What I mean by this is that you can have a great decentralized infrastructure, but if the protocol is hidden behind a centralized entity, and you don't have a credible exit somewhere else, then it's pretty useless
I don't understand who would be interested in running snapchain nodes except Merkle Company
Thank you for those words! Building for your own community is awesome, but the ultimate power of tools such as Bitcoin, Nostr, or Ethereum is that they are for everyone β¨
We have dominance and it will always be that way hopefully.
Love this perspective! Everyone should have the chance to build their own space and control their identity. Cheers to the Ethereum community for doing their thing! Let's all lift each other up! π