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Author: katiewav, encrypted KOL; Translation: Bit Chain Vision Xiaozou
Farcon, which was held in California from May 1st to 5th, 2024, is like an excitement and optimistic storm.The atmosphere at the scene was exciting, and all the costs on the scene felt completely magical.I was also shocked by I had the opportunity to be shocked by the high -quality project on Farhack.Obviously, various types of genius developers -from Farcaster’s native founders to free developers to media enthusiasts -all eager to develop and build on FarCaster. This excitement can be contagious and cannot be underestimated.
However, the more delicate thing is that I think that many people have left Farcon more questions than answers.Throughout the weekend, we discussed many familiar ideas and concepts, and repeated again and again.There is also a controversial problem hanging on our head:In the case of mainly by a team (with the best intention), can a truly decentralized, Zhenghe social network exist?
I want to share some of my original thoughts here -from the most commonly discussed questions I have heard to the problems from the Farcaster community I am interested in, and then I am a general framework for my consumers Crypto.
1, Is the infrastructure ready?
Personally, I think the infrastructure has not been prepared for the adoption of mainstream consumers.
Although we have conducted related discussions of L2 and L3, these chains are still challenging.Whenever I use L2 or L3, it is quite difficult to check the transaction status on their respective chains -for example, the LP Enjoy token on Zora is still very confusing.It is still troublesome to log in to the FarCaster client through “Sign-in with Farcaster”. Frankly speaking, it is a bit annoying.On Farcon, many people who want to buy products on the chain must wait more than 10 minutes to complete the purchase, because they must first receive the fund bridge to Base.
However, the excuses hidden in the excuses “we must wait for infrastructure before developing applications” are dangerous and complacent.I formed a framework when discussing with you at the Farcon conference, that is, in two stages, considering the development of infrastructure and applications.
The first stage:It is easier for infrastructure to place infrastructure, low technical content, low encrypted nativeness, and more likely to be used by product/vision -oriented personnel (creative personnel) use tools and iterations based on the concept of application concepts that may attract mainstream consumers.Thanks to the efforts of universal infrastructure teams such as the Farcaster team and the FarCaster native infrastructure (such as Neynar), Stack, and Privy, and other developers in the community, we have made great progress in this regard.Use encrypted native users as the test field for these MVPs, and continuously iterates with time without key infrastructure disorders.
The second stage:To build an excellent application and product experience for consumers with various interests, encrypted native levels and backgrounds.
I think we are at the end of the first stage.In the past few years, we have made amazing progress in infrastructure. From cooperative development of embedded wallets with companies such as PRIVY, to reducing costs through L2/L3, to companies such as Decent optimized bridges and chain abstraction with chain abstractionThen to seamless gold solutions like Ansible, and then the Farcaster protocol itself, this is a major feat of complex network projects.In order to further improve the user experience, we have to do a lot of work, but we have finally reached the stage of development and experimenting with fast applications.
2As well asFarcasterThe future of the client
During the Farcon meeting, there are many discussions and arguments about the future of the client. Because the Farcaster team may be motivated to maintain Warpcast as the main client, most clients will only help WarpCast and even quickly annex.
In my opinion, considering the form of the client so far, this is a meaningful core discussion -most clients are a form of divert or partial cutting of a certain form of the global WarpCast Feed.For me, most of the potential clients I have heard of the concept of potential clients stay in this narrow range.My feeling is that this homogeneity comes from the core wishes that attract and absorb the valuable social map of Farcaster from Warpcast, but pay less attention to other basic elements (FARCASTER protocols and data architectures) of FarCaster.
In the past, I have discussed with Archetype research consultant Andrew HONG and some teams trying to build social networks. I realized that the ability to use the data structure designing for social diagrams and the capabilities of a P2P network used in case, accordingly, use it accordinglyProgram developers are weapons to change the rules of the game.I hope to see the client breakthrough to the support for existing WARPCAST users, and it can provide a new experience or function (these experiences may have no meaning on the interface similar to Twitter like Warpcast), or it can attract those who may be encrypted to encrypted encryption.Users who are not interested in the industry (these users are the main user groups of Warpcast).In addition, from the perspective of high -level perspectives, I think that the interface that is trying to do everything can actually do nothing- “there is no super app, I love you.It is a wise effort made in this direction. The WARPCAST channel of a specific theme can better tell what a more niche and differentiated client look like, and allow these clients to appear more naturally.Essence
The above content points forward, that is, the infrastructure/login mechanism has not yet reached the state of abstraction from the FarCaster/Warpcast from the client experience, which may cause us to fall into the deadlock of the “meta -function” client.
There is a problem that naturally appears: if you want to attract non -warpcast users, why use encryption infrastructure?In an era of information and media (including both real and real), social planning and coordination are essential.I believe that social products coordinated by users (rather than monomers) can become very powerful, and tokens are a powerful mechanism to promote this coordination.
A particularly curious short -term problem I left to Farcon is what will be business on Farcaster and the future of infrastructure/customers with business as the focus.At the scene, I found that many teams brought us different business experiences throughout the meeting.This category quickly triggered the interest of the builders. I hope to pay close attention to the development of this field in the next few months.
3, Two major frameworks in the field of consumer encryption
The common problems I heard on Farcon are what I am most concerned about in the field of consumer encryption, and how I think of this field from a wider range of perspectives.Now, I use the following two frameworks to disassemble consumer encryption fields:
(1) Ecology is first
The tribalism of the encrypted ecosystem is famous (that is, Ethereum and Solana), which is also the same for the smaller consumer ecosystem.It is interesting to see Zora, Base, and FarCaster as a close connected ecosystem.Transactions based on Zora and Base usually rely on Warpcast for distribution and discovery, while Farcaster relies on Zora and Base to provide products, content and tokens for community participation.I believe that from the culture and practice of these ecosystems, whether it is independent or interconnected, it will be the core of the short -term future of consumer encryption, because builders usually like ecological ecology with specific users and excitement.Construction in the system.
(2) Use cases first
The use case/product type I am considering, mainly the following categories:
· User data under the bridge/chain
· Brand loyalty
· Social on the chain
· Chain Media/Music
These categories are crossing each other, so I will describe a more comprehensive idea below:
The user’s chain and under -chain experience is very scattered.As the boundaries between the physical world and the digital world are becoming more and more blurred, forming a truly recognizable, representative and representative identity is disintegrating.The opportunity to create seamless fusion entities and digital experience is huge, especially social maps can move freely underline.
For personal/ /In terms of community: How can my favorite online channels be better established with people, groups, and locations that interact with me offline?vice versa.
For the brand: How can a brand better understand how consumers who spend time on the online shop spend time and interact with them on these platforms?
It is now a critical moment considering the cross -currency and the media, but I also believe that these products will stabilize within a longer period of time.Traditional media and music are facing a crisis of survival, and they are separated from the role of commercial structure, monetization, consumers and artists/critics.I think it is more extensive that tokens and encrypted technology are powerful tools that can be used to coordinate the media networks that are more and more dependent on user participation, user generation content, and even user ownership.
In general, I was more excited and cared more after leaving the Farcon conference.There is no doubt that the star team and the early ecosystem have naturally appeared, and they have found the foundation.I think a diversified community consisting of developers, creators, and powerful users can raise this ecosystem to a new level and can participate in it. I am very happy.
