155 - The Rise of Decentralized Social Networks with Farcaster’s Dan Romero
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🗓️ 28 January 2023
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-dan-romero
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Dan Romero was an early employee at Coinbase and is now the Co-Founder of Farcaster, a new decentralized social network that has captured the attention of many in Web3.
Aside from sharing a secret passcode to access Farcaster during the episode (Bankless Premium subscribers only)…Dan also shares his thoughts on why he doesn’t think Web2 social media is broken, why people should care about decentralized social media, how decentralized does it have to be in order to work, and how all of this will fundamentally change the internet and the trajectory of humanity.
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Topics Covered
0:00 Intro
6:08 Is Web2 Broken?
10:25 Web3 Improvements
19:25 Unique Web3 Properties
24:42 Developer & User Sovereignty
31:57 Farcaster’s Feature & Protocol Thesis
45:25 Unique Properties of Decentralized Social Platforms
58:29 Growing Farcaster & Client Competition
1:05:39 Incentive Mechanisms
1:11:30 Is a Token Needed?
1:15:55 Protocols
1:19:48 Advertising & Farcaster
1:25:48 Farcaster On-Chain Footprint
1:27:47 Spam Prevention
1:31:31 Discoverability & Regulation
1:33:45 Identity
1:36:00 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
DM Dan Secret Passcode
https://twitter.com/dwr
https://danromero.org/
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| 0:00.0 | I've been in crypto for 10 years. |
| 0:02.0 | I think Ethereum is the right balance |
| 0:03.6 | between decentralization and pragmatism, |
| 0:05.6 | and I think building things that people can use |
| 0:07.6 | are an underrated thing in crypto. |
| 0:09.4 | I think a lot of people tend to focus |
| 0:10.7 | on the ideology, which is important. |
| 0:12.7 | But what I showed up to work at Coinbase, |
| 0:14.7 | and now what I'm doing with Forecasters, |
| 0:16.0 | I want to build a protocol that has a billion |
| 0:17.5 | plus people using it. |
| 0:18.6 | But I want to do it in a way that doesn't compromise |
| 0:20.3 | on the decentralization and the sovereignty |
| 0:22.0 | at the user account level. |
| 0:23.0 | Maybe it's a fool's error, |
| 0:23.9 | but that's what we're trying to do. |
| 0:27.7 | Welcome to Bankless, |
| 0:29.0 | where we explore the frontier of internet money |
| 0:30.8 | and internet finance. |
| 0:32.0 | This is how to get started, how to keep better, |
| 0:33.6 | how to front run, the opportunity. |
| 0:35.2 | This is Ryan Sean Adams. |
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