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what's farcaster?

Farcaster is a decentralized social media protocol built on Ethereum and other blockchains, enabling the development of interoperable social applications. It allows users to own their data, identities, and social graphs while providing features like permissionless sign-ups, on-chain interactions, and cross-chain wallet support. The protocol emphasizes user autonomy, privacy, and censorship resistance through its hub-based architecture. Farcaster has gained traction in the crypto community as an alternative to centralized platforms like Twitter, with recent expansions including support for Solana and BSC. It has raised significant funding, including $150M at a $1B valuation, and continues to release upgrades like Elephant and Alpaca for enhanced functionality.

Snapshot

Farcaster integrates OpenClaw for autonomous agents, generating $168M fees, with ENS cast support.

1W ago
OPINION SPECULATION

Perceived to have moved away from Base according to market observers.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Botto's Studio, enabling users to vote on artworks, stake $BOTTO tokens, earn weekly rewards, and shape creative output directly within the Farcaster app.

TECH EVENT

Is about to undergo a hard fork according to Rish and Cassie.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Received a $FREN token airdrop from PlayEverseed directed at Farcaster users.

2W ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Farm Frens game launched on Farcaster on February 13, 2026, featuring gameplay where users plant crops, raise animals, and harvest rewards.

TECH EVENT

Fruitling Valley game went live on Farcaster on February 12, 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Base App removed its Farcaster-powered Talk feed feature

TEAM UPDATE

Business division heads at Paradigm Inc's Farcaster division have been reassigned to new roles.

TEAM UPDATE

Founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan joined Stripe's Tempo on February 9, 2026, following Farcaster's acquisition by Neynar.

3W ago
TECH EVENT

Integrated with OpenClaw to enable autonomous agent account creation and posting capabilities on the protocol without human intervention or verification.

ONCHAIN METRICS

generating $168M annualized in fees

TECH EVENT

Added support for Farcaster casts powered by ENS integration in January 2026.

1M ago
TEAM UPDATE

ljxie departed from the Farcaster team on January 23, 2026.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Returns capital to investors following the transition of the protocol.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached 250,000 monthly active users in December 2025 and over 100,000 funded wallets.

OPINION SPECULATION

Farcaster team faces criticism regarding a newly-announced sale, though defended by notable figures including Cobie and Foobar.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts FarCon Rome conference where the team will present future plans.

TEAM UPDATE

Neynar acquired Farcaster Builders International (FBI), rebranding it to Neynar Builders International.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Vitalik Buterin endorses Farcaster, posting exclusively on Farcaster and Lens (not X/Twitter) during 2026, and encourages others to use the platform.

2M ago
PARTNERSHIP

integrated with volt_perps as a social-native perp trading interface embedded directly into Farcaster, powered by Orderly

TECH EVENT

Introduced Earn feature on December 19, 2025, powered by Morpho, through the Farcaster wallet.

VISIBILITY EVENT

FaucetDrops officially launched on Farcaster and is available natively within the Farcaster ecosystem on Celo Network.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Hosts Gina as the #1 finance miniapp on its platform as of December 2025.

MIO goes live on Farcaster.

Farcaster features in Privy Wrapped year-end event scheduled for Thursday, with live demos and Q&A sessions showcasing apps building on Privy infrastructure alongside Zora, BasedOneX, and other teams.

Farcaster Pro users pay 5 basis points (0.05%) fees on EVM chains and zero fees on Solana.

Base airdrop farming requires Farcaster social activity as the main antisybil mechanism, with social engagement prioritized over traditional onchain actions or TVL metrics for eligibility.

Farcaster introduces a new weekly roundup feature showcasing projects from the Clanker ecosystem, with BETRMINT featured in the first edition.

Farcaster pivots away from social platform functionality to focus on wallet development, discussed with core contributors including founder @dwr.

AeroNavigator, a yield optimization tool that simulates transaction outcomes, enters private beta with early access available through Farcaster/Base names.

Content creators report algorithmic de-boosting for crypto content on X/Twitter and plan to migrate all crypto and token-related discussions to Farcaster while maintaining non-crypto content on X.

Zapper integrates Farcaster's social graph for its social trading product.

Hyperstitions launches as a mini-app on Farcaster, enabling betting, trading and clank functionality directly on the platform.

The first @stremefun presale goes live for @beamrstreamr, an application that streams Farcaster engagement rewards in real-time based on likes, comments, and follows, with tokens unlocking continuously over 7 days post-launch.

The platform launches a minting feature called "Howler" that allows users to create digital assets using art pieces as visual references.

Analytics provider Tako Protocol leaves Farcaster and joins competitor trends.fun on Solana, terminating all Farcaster data services.

The team reaches agreement for Postgres hosting and begins converting from MongoDB, with migration expected to complete within months.

The previous funding round raised $150m at a $1b valuation 19 months ago. Third-party clients Base App, Zapper, and Uno are built on top of the Farcaster network protocol, and the wallet pivot uses a "fee on swap" business model.

User confirms the team never planned or mentioned a native Farcaster token despite ongoing speculation. The last Farcaster SocialNode infrastructure shuts down with MongoDB access ending at month's end, allowing users to export posts to CSV.

Co-founder Dan Romero states the social network never found product-market fit, providing explicit reasoning for the platform's pivot to wallets and trading.

Team clarifies the wallet pivot does not mean abandoning social media features, contradicting speculation. FWOGSTR token launches trading at approximately $300K market cap.

Farcaster activity qualifies users for Monad airdrop distribution.

Acquired Clanker, which previously held $BNKR supply. Co-founder Dan Romero shifts from anti-token to pro-token stance.

CryptoArt marketplace mini-app launches on Farcaster with support for ERC-721/1155 NFT sales through auctions and fixed-price listings, featuring 5% platform fees and 10% referral rewards for curators.

Project raises $180m in funding from Paradigm, a16z, Haun, and Santiago Roel's Standard Crypto to support its pivot to a wallet service.

Dan Romero announces the core function of the wallet will focus on trading as part of the wallet-focused growth model transition.

Co-founder Dan Romero pivots to a wallet-driven growth model centered on stablecoin-powered payments, abandoning its "social-first" approach.

$DONUT, a Farcaster mini-app, completes its halving event and generates over $100k in revenue during a weekend, ranking in Top 5 projects on Base for 4 consecutive days.

Fireside, a brand new audio spaces app, launches as a native application on Farcaster and Base.

@feyprotocol announces details about Token Generation Ceremonies (TGCs) as a new token launch mechanism, following problems with the first Clanker presale where 6 wallets acquired all supply, 10-20 ETH raised went to the team instead of liquidity, and the market cap opened below presale cost.

A marketplace and auction house with Farcaster-native mini-app features launches this weekend. Version 1 supports BYO-NFTs only, with version 2 planned to include ERC-721 and ERC-1155 deployment capabilities.

$HOUSE launches as the first Clanker presale on the platform, but one buyer acquires almost the entire presale supply (16E) due to no wallet cap implementation.

The first Clanker presale takes place this week starting December 4 at 9:30 AM PT, as announced by Dan Romero from the Farcaster team.

Farcaster adds swap functionality featuring USDC as the default buying option.

MintedMerchShop starts NEON TICKET NFT quest, concluding with BETRMINT round. BETRMINT drove $300,000 transaction volume and $80,000 creator rewards, ranking as a top ten mini app.

Giveth is coming to the platform.

Farcaster hosts a dev day event featuring lightning talks from developers including betrmint founder. PiggyWallet launches their miniapp on Farcaster, and OurBlockroll receives a grant to launch their card on the platform.

3M ago

Beeper launches as a priority notification miniapp natively embedded into Farcaster identity, using micro-payment gating to filter messages and deliver paid-priority alerts from chosen accounts.

Privy features Farcaster as one of their biggest and fastest-growing customers at a Stripe event, alongside other major crypto projects including OpenSea, Uniswap, HyperliquidX, and Worldcoin.

New Farcaster accounts now receive an assigned Warplet profile picture, with the team actively promoting Warplet as the platform mascot.

Farcaster is a customer of Immunefi Magnus, gaining access to a unified command center for onchain security.

NetMind activates its third layer publicly on Farcaster/Base, focusing on intelligence about user participation and requesting user signups.

OREsupply, a project operating on Base and Farcaster, generated revenue equal to its entire FDV in 15 days and uses funds to improve its liquidity pool with plans to buyback and burn tokens.

A Monad staking mini app created by @0xZenigame launches on the platform, enabling users to stake their Monad airdrop tokens.

Arbitrum and Flowstate Coop run a crowdfunding program for Farcaster miniapp developers, automatically including creators in weekly payouts when they build miniapps with Arbitrum support that gain user adoption.

Degen announces Degen Hub, a new client being built inside Farcaster with its own personality, featuring redesigned posting flows, improved thread navigation and notifications, plus a new optional engagement mechanic without ads or subscriptions.

A developer incentive program pays Arbitrum builders $40k+ per month, made possible through collaboration with Superfluid and NeriteOrg.

2,000 Farcaster users received the official Monad airdrop, and 1,000 top traders on Farcaster will also receive MON tokens.

IMGN Labs plans to release Waifu exclusively on Farcaster, alongside other products including IMGN 2 Video Model and x402 API.

Warplet mini app created by @sayangel goes viral on the platform and generates 49,152 mints, with the case study shared at Devconnect.

Betrmint launches its first ever collectible Basepost today featuring Jesse Pollak content coin, offering up to 100x rewards in $JESSE and $BETR tokens, playable on Farcaster.

A team member departs from Farcaster last week, previously involved with Clanker, leaving to work on personal app and mev research projects.

Phi launches as a mini app on Farcaster today, enabling users to explore and trade coins directly on the platform with one-tap purchases from Farcaster wallet.

The Haberdashery art collection launches on Betrmint today, offering participants up to 100x rewards in $HABS and $BETR tokens in one of the platform's biggest rounds.

Onchain Inc launches $OINC token paired with $CLANKER and introduces Upgrader protocol that enables token merging and upgrading for ecosystem projects.

Upcoming Base App features include a Farcaster-built social feed rolling out to all users.

Over 1650 copies of wishlist holiday edition minted on Betrmint by Farcaster community for $WISH bonus rewards, with $400 raised for The Wish Fund.

Frame Chain and Frame API shut down on December 17 as the platform transitions from Frames V1 to MiniApps. Users must bridge funds off the network immediately due to 7-day withdrawal processing time.

$DEGEN, which originated on Farcaster, reaches 1M+ holders and becomes the #1 memecoin on Base with a Coinbase listing. Degen Hub App launches to consolidate trends, rewards, and community features in one place.

Farcaster maintains booth presence at Devconnect conference and presents talk on crypto apps and decentralized social at 6pm on Eth Day.

Fey Protocol ($FEY) launches on Farcaster with staking functionality, achieving 45x returns from presale price of 0.1 ETH to nearly $18k within two weeks.

Base App launches new feature allowing post coins to be paired with any token. Demonstration with Betrmint's $BETR token creates $PAIRED reaching $20K market cap and trends on both Farcaster and Base App, generating $600+ in creator rewards distributed to 300+ players.

Degen app beta releases as a Farcaster client for Base chain users. Farcaster miniapps to be featured at Arbitrum's Arbiverse event on November 19.

Share.xyz, a social trading app for Base and Solana, integrates with Farcaster for profile connectivity and raised $5M from Coinbase Ventures.

Celo's Miniapp Monday showcases Boost_xyz on the platform, which rewards users for exploring Celo mini app ecosystem.

Zapper web app integrates Farcaster protocol.

Betrmint integrates with the platform and launches native $BETR token via Clanker to grow their app and community.

Two Base Batches Demo Day finalists integrate with the platform: CODY gaming platform becomes playable on Farcaster, and Emerge AI mini-app allows users to create and monetize content workflows by tagging the Emerge agent on Farcaster.

A user reports accidentally tagging an impersonator account related to $fey token, indicating scam risk from fake accounts on the platform.

Farcaster acquires Clanker, which has processed over $4.8B in trading volume on Base.

Slab cash integrates with the platform, with a mini app launching soon.

Zapper will upgrade their main web app to function as a Farcaster client in the next weeks, integrating social signals with onchain data.

Farcaster implements an in-app swap feature, adding trading functionality to the platform.

The platform adds charts and PnL (Profit and Loss) tracking functionality within the last two weeks.

A new custom pairing feature launches that allows token creators to pair their tokens with any native coin instead of standard pairs. Two tokens using this feature become the top trending tokens on the platform.

Founders receive $15M payout through secondary sales backed by VCs.

Farcaster acquires Clanker, the AI token launch platform that generated billions in volume. Both Clanker and BNKR tokens are listed and supported on Coinbase.

The BETR mini app generates 11.26 ETH revenue in October with 46% month-over-month growth, while staking rewards are recalibrated to 20% APY for November, up from 12%.

Farcaster data is integrated into Tapestry, a Solana-based social graph protocol, contributing to a unified database of 938k profiles and 2.3 million follow relationships used for social AI applications.

Warpcast app rebrands to Farcaster app.