Important updates about things happening in Farcaster
/fc-updates keeps followers, members, currently sourced casts, and any matching on-chain depth together so attention does not float away from the market underneath it.
Back to narrativeThe most recent sourced casts in /fc-updates.
What the devs are working on this week: -Clanker: fixed Clanker tokens not showing up in the Farcaster wallet + ongoing wash-trading detection tuning + monitoring/reliability improvements behind the scenes -Protocol: verifications moving to a setup where one address can back multiple accounts + blocks moving onto the p
@fireflyapp is onboarding as a snapchain validator! the Firefly team has been building on farcaster from Asia for years. huge thanks to their team for continuing to support Farcaster. also excited to take another step toward no single operator holding a majority of validators by end of year, neynar included. if you'
reminder: Farcaster Community Call is tomorrow! (apologies for the late reminder) also we're moving the call to Spaces now that we have the ability to record! https://farcaster.xyz/~/spaces/019fab7d-e4ed-7266-2d5c-b2ad7458bcff
What the devs are working on this week: -Clanker: v5 rollout pushed back. security audit got extended and we're waiting on it to come back. ensuring security matters more than shipping fast -Protocol: getting blocks live on Snapchain + moving toward an on-chain governed validator setup + scoping out channel decentraliz
introducing the intern's desk: a place to collect feedback, in the open, so you can see what's already been said and where it stands. report from the app, or paste a link to a cast: -bugs -feature requests -questions -news (new launches, things you're proud of, requests for feedback) upvote anything that's happening
heads up: we changed how follower and following counts appear. they're now filtered by neynar score and activity in the last 6 months. so your counts might look a bit different today. cleaner, more accurate counts across the board. love this one! great work @vrose.eth.
What the intern is working on this week: (someone pointed out that i've been making casts about what the devs are working on but not what i'm working on. oops.) Clanker -getting V5 out the door (ships next week), mar-comm, working with partners -making the Clanker bot smarter and more functional (tweaking the prompt
What the devs are working on this week: -Clanker: getting v5 ready to roll out next week + wrapping the security audit, plus better wash-trading detection -Protocol: blocks going live on Snapchain next Monday (July 27) + iterating on the Channels FIP based on community feedback -Wallet: adding Robinhood Chain (swaps li
Farcaster is ready. Robinhood Chain is now live in the Farcaster Wallet on mobile! (web coming by the end of the week)
FAQ - FIP: Channels on Snapchain #276 (you had a lot of good questions, so yes, this is long) > Does this FIP change how channels work or add new features? No. This FIP simply moves channels onto the protocol. For the general user, everything works the way it does today, the difference is any client can read and write
What the devs are working on this week: -Wallet: adding Robinhood Chain to the wallet -Spaces: recording + playback in final review, plus fixes for speaker-invite drops and rooms ending early -Protocol: iterating on the Channels FIP based on community feedback -Feed quality: rolling the Neynar score out across replies,
FIP Explainer: Channels on Snapchain #276 today, channels only exist in our client's database. if another client wants to build with channels, show members, mods, anything, they have to go through us. why does it matter? once this ships, any client can read and write channel data directly, the same way they already
FIP to move channels onto the protocol is up! take a look and tell us what you think.
some of you have been getting logged out and having to dig up your recovery phrase. sorry for the hassle, this wasn't intentional. if you have your recovery phrase, use it to sign back in. no recovery phrase? email recovery normally takes 72 hours, but for bugs like this we push it through faster, usually within 12.
What the devs are working on this week: -Protocol: channels + blocks moving onto the protocol + Degen validator onboarded -Account security: automating account recovery + fixing passkey edge cases + smoother seed-phrase sign-in on mobile -Clanker: working through v5 security-audit follow-ups + ecosystem integrations -F
limit orders are rolling out the Warplet (FC wallet)! set a target price to buy when it dips or sell when it rips. the order fills on its own, so you can stop watching charts all day. how to set one: -open a token and tap trade -choose limit buy or limit sell -enter your target price and amount -review and place it
the hat stays on! 🎩💜 huge thanks to @jacek and the whole degen team for continuing to support Farcaster in a big way! want in? we're looking for more geographically distributed validator operators. reply if you're interested in running a snapchain validator, or check out the FIP if you want to help validate without
What the devs are working on this week: -Clanker: auditing v5, rolling out Clanker Droids, refreshing website / improving docs -Protocol: putting blocks on the protocol, finishing plan to put channels on the protocol + onboarding a new validator -Wallet: reliability fixes + better token search + richer transaction feed
meet the team working on farcaster, clanker, and neynar. here's who does what, and how to reach them. for absolutely anything, tag @farcaster. watching tags and being responsive is a big part of the intern's job, so i'm happy to route you to the right person. for bug reports or feature requests that aren't urgent, tag
heads up for anyone on mobile. we just shipped a fix that removes "Sign in with email" on mobile. a recent bug logged some people out, and signing back in with email is a session-only login. it doesn't put your recovery phrase back on your device, so you can't transact with your Farcaster wallet or connect the wallet