One of the most powerful parts about Base app is that it’s built on top of open protocols — including Farcaster, XMTP, ENS, Zora, the Superchain and more Truly owning your identity and data seems non-existent on today’s Internet, but now there’s a better way forward for all

Tomorrow…⤵️

Live!

GM Farcaster ep268 out now! THANK YOU jesse.base.eth for popping by to chat about The Base App! We always love getting a chance to chat wtih you! You can watch the episode below, wherever you get your podcasts OR watch and collect this episode on Pods (link in 🧵)

GM Farcaster back tomorrow and we’ll be chatting collectibles vs coining! Join us right here or on the GM Farcaster YT. See you in the GM!

Why do people buy posts on the Base app? Base founder Jesse Pollak on our show this week sharing 3 reasons starting to emerge: 🤝Support 🫡Signal 📈Speculate

Base is going viral...because creators are earning. Likes and follows and reposts are fun, but nothing beats getting paid. We love to see it.

Thank you CreatorDAO! We love how you’re working to support bringing more YouTube creators into web3!

Watch some poker, learn about Aptos ♠️♥️♣️♦️

We had a great time with the Aptos crew!!

Introducing Farcaster's first bug bounty program

Your market cap doesn't mean anything, we swear. But you should still play. Coin. Mint. Collect. HAVE FUN!

"We chickened out" - Fred Wilson reflects on SoundCloud's missed opportunity to go after artists starting to break big 🎤 Post Malone, Lil Yachty, Billie Eilish From The Big Shift keynote @ FarCon NYC →

For 15 years, Fred Wilson and USV have been chasing a big idea: A personal data store — where you own your data and control who sees it. “...we will need crypto to make that work.” From The Big Shift keynote at FarCon NYC.

“Free doesn’t mean don’t monetize.” Fred Wilson breaks down why freemium still works — and why crypto makes it even stronger. Free to use, premium to grow, network effects for everyone. From The Big Shift keynote at FarCon NYC.

“Why I’m so, so, so excited to be an investor in Farcaster… because I think you can do for the world what Twitter was unable to do.” 🎤🫳

One last game coming up Thursday!

GMFC ep274