#28 – Varun Srinivasan: Farcaster, building a decentralized social network

Into the Bytecode

Konten disediakan oleh Sina Habibian. Semua konten podcast termasuk episode, grafik, dan deskripsi podcast diunggah dan disediakan langsung oleh Sina Habibian atau mitra platform podcast mereka. Jika Anda yakin seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta Anda tanpa izin, Anda dapat mengikuti proses yang diuraikan di sini https://id.player.fm/legal.

8M ago 1:28:37

MP3•Beranda episode

This is my conversation with Varun Srinivasan - cofounder of Merkle Manufactory, the company building the Farcaster protocol and the Warpcast client.

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:34) - sponsor: Optimism
(00:02:44) - Farcaster origins
(00:05:59) - sufficient decentralization, namespaces, hubs and CRDTs
(00:16:02) - type 1 vs type 2 decisions
(00:21:23) - the protocol, channels, clients, spam
(00:30:13) direct messaging and end-to-end encryption
(00:36:38) - a turing complete social protocol
(00:41:58) - sponsor: Privy
(00:43:19) - why frames
(00:52:14) - Facebook, Twitter, Farcaster
(01:03:25) - backstory, growing up in India, Microsoft, YC
(01:08:11) - learnings from Coinbase
(01:15:13) - building a company
(01:18:53) - doing the one thing that matters
(01:28:07) - outro

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
Optimism - https://optimism.io
Privy - https://privy.io

Into the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

43 episode

#Tech #Business #Sina Habibian #Ethereum #Blockchain #Cryptocurrency #DeFi #NFT