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re: product vs distribution argument
“If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough: technology is primarily about product development, not distribution.”
- @peterthiel
in addition, if @naval @elonmusk are also on the same page, wtf are people still arguing for?
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🐝 @pollenround’s first iOS app called “Pollen” about to get to App Store.
all about the best blurbs that land solid meetings with top investors.
consider this tweet the waitlist:
👉🏻 like/retweet
📥 i’ll DM the pre order link veryy soon
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consumer crypto toys @pkayfire and i have built so far:
bookmarking (2022)
blogging (2023)
social game+ (2023)
@perl_xyz social prediction (2024)
@offmarketfun IPO prediction (2024)
@alfacadotfun gamecoins (2024-2025)
📸 reply to try our next app🍌
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📈new app 📈
cooking a new prediction market for AI startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, and now SSI by @ilyasut
↘️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ ↙️
➡️@offmarketfun ⬅️
↗️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ ↖️
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who are the founders raising pre seed to seed (lower than $15M post) right now?
DM me your blurb 📥
i’ll review and warm intro through @TLDRintros.
- @generalcatalyst @HustleFundVC @unpopularvc @Unusual_VC and others have invested millions through my intros so far.
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next @base coins that have a shot in coinbase listing in my very personal brain fart.
$DEGEN = needless to day #1 og base coin @degentokenbase by @jacek0x. already listed
$ANON = not even a week old. vitalik/coinbase exec/balaji have it. it's zk-product backed. @anontokenbase @anoncast_
$HIGHER = been around since earlier this year. lifestyle, and solid fanbase on Farcaster @higheronchain
$LUM = ~first mainstream AI-made coin from Farcaster. @luminousbase
join @farcaster_xyz and follow @alfacadotfun to stay sharp with @base meta. @_proxystudio is launching tons of meta coins atm. DYOR
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happy to announce our seed round of $2 from @jessepollak of @base and @dwr of @farcaster_xyz
with this massive capital, we will be announcing the launch of @revealcamfun first on @farcaster_xyz
@revealcamfun is proudly built on @base
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myspace era was the renaissance of personalized profiles (home).
the invention of the *main feed essentially made us homeless online.
the online home that is a "dream to type on."
that's what i eventually will work on, but it's just a distant, abstract idea at the moment.
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i'm sharing my AI memecoin alfas on @alfacadotfun
🦙 follow to see the earliest callers of alfas. we call them alfacas.
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hey @bankrbot send 36.9% of my $drb to @0xjackyt for playing with products me and @pkayfire built.
@perl_xyz was the very first bot that broke @farcaster_xyz feed.
now @alfacadotfun will 10x that soon.
⬇️ drop your @base wallet address for early access ⬇️
Been with @perl_xyz since the early days, trust @startupoppa and the team
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announcing @revealcamfun launch from @pkayfire and me.
🖼️ coin your secret art/meme
🍌 buy 10M of the coin to reveal it with your community
⬇️ the first reveal coin ⬇️ is from the alien cult artist @Stalomir whose work was exhibited at @beeple Studios.
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how @doginme started on @farcaster_xyz with a simple cast from @dwr
we all know where it’s at now
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📣 Looking for alpha testers this week.
Perl is a multi-player bookmarking app/game I started building with @pkayfire.
Our first alpha run is exclusively on @farcaster_xyz, so to participate:
📢 Retweet
💌 DM @dwr for a Farcaster invite
I'll slide into your DM this week.
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Back in '16, I emailed thousands of VCs before getting the first check from Greylock.
Guess how it happend? The warm intro from @designinsighter.
Connectors are the hidden gems of the startup world.
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Join the new Linkedin in built on top of warm intros.
Pre order link 👇
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activating my @alfacadotfun feed
my co founder @pkayfire is a true alfaca. unbelievable hit rate with god tier memecoins
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Sharing my past 8 years of startup life - bookmarked via Farcaster & Twitter, then stitched into a @perl_xyz story using AI (Alex Intelligence).
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Read the latest: bit.ly/perl_ace
📸 One minute: BeReal from ’15. RIP
🛋 Lounge: Acq.
🔮 Starting Perl with @pkayfire
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having been a PM before in my past life,
i don't think a pre-pmf tech startup ever needs one.
you just need the following skill sets spread across 1-3 core members:
- code
- design
- sales/marketing
true for 99% of ~simple software products.
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“to launch this app, i need a technical co founder”
is one of the surest signs that they won’t be launching it.
the realest entrepreneurs i’ve come across, whether they code or not, always make it happen through sheer grind or luck by summoning up the momentum somehow, then engineers/designers they needed all along get attracted to the idea and eventually work on it with them.
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who are your favorite early-stage investors? @ them here i'll take a look!
- sweet spot: $50K - $5M check, <$15M post
- positive vibes only
i send bullshit-free warm intros connecting tier 1 founders - General Catalyst and others have invested $Ms through my intros so far.
who are the founders raising pre seed to seed (lower than $15M post) right now?
DM me your blurb 📥
i’ll review and warm intro through @TLDRintros.
- @generalcatalyst @HustleFundVC @unpopularvc @Unusual_VC and others have invested millions through my intros so far.
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paying for @bankrbot bnkr club now. well done @0xDeployer
@bankrbot who are your favorite meme coin makers? give me their X handles.
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could be interesting if @base traders could use @revealcamfun to hide their alpha call/ca,
and reveal them once a day, but only those holding 100M+ coins can see it.
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People talk about @NotionHQ AI less, but if you are an existing user of Notion, nothing else (including ChatGPT) will beat it IMO.
It's just a click away while I'm writing, so super practical.
And, I start writing differently with it. I no longer write from scratch.
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been building on @base and @farcaster_xyz since 2022 with @pkayfire - we met on farcaster.
@jessepollak has been supportive since our very first product @perl_xyz when there were less than 600 users on @farcaster_xyz
next: @revealcamfun
nitification: on
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seeing that @base trench is heating back up.
@revealcamfun is a new socialfi launchpad from @pkayfire and me.
expect a hot blue summer on base
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What’s before Pre-seed round? Pollen Round Capital.
👀🐝@pollenround
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📢 @perl_xyz 2.0 alpha rolling out! *limited Testflight spots - link below
📝 blog about your (startup) life
👶🏻 spend the Perls you earn
🎨 visualize
democratizing the rich/expensive embedded illustrations you see in @TIME articles.
feat. @bray_wilcock @ccarella @Frozenfire42
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Fast > Perfect
How it started:
launched @moonlab_xyz 's first app of the year within 48h using Frames, launched exclusively on @farcaster_xyz .
How it's going:
15K+ players, which is ~75% of the entire Farcaster DAU
Next:
in case of clear PMF, our top secret @base project will activate
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📣 Starting "Ace List"
A zero-bullshit mailing list to warm intro hand-vetted consumer social founders to my network of respectful investors.
👇 @ your favorite early-stage consumer social investors who'd dig it. Starting with my own list of 69+ investors I personally know.
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launching @revealcamfun tomorrow.
3am and me and my co founder @pkayfire are busting ass to unleash it.
expect a new player in the @base trench. we give it our all and leave luck to heaven.
pumped to shoot our 15th onchain app.
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however silly an idea, i just can’t publicly dunk on any products launched by anyone.
better to study why and how they arrived at such concept and learn any novel insights.
rather than tearing it apart as a fellow builder. not much merit in it.
at worst, they launched.
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my co founder @pkayfire called @truth_terminal 's $goat (8000 X'd since), @0xzerebro (100 X'd), @luminousbase (60 X'd) - he didn't hold, but it's an insane roller coaster ride.
now imagine the status game built around this ride.
follow @alfacadotfun to join the waitlist.
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but my favorite consumer crypto app on BOTH @base and @solana will be..
@alfacadotfun - the ultimate status game for the best memecoin alfa callers with god tier hit rates.
coming soon. follow @alfacadotfun to join the waitlist.
my favorite consumer crypto app on @base is @wow by @zora
it's the only consumer facing app on base that i think have a shot at competing with pumpfun from solana.
*i love both base and solana, and dau of both.
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🔥 Sharing my startup decks🔥
These decks closed my rounds in the past w/ @GreylockVC, @Unusual_VC, @unpopular_vc, @HustleFundVC, @Bosefina + others in the past 💜
* @perl_xyz investor list is TBA
If you'd like to share your decks, reply to add them.
go.perl.xyz/FundraisingDeck
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DO NOT JOIN @farcaster_xyz
1. tip, airdrops, i'm tired of free money
2. persistent builder friends + users who are eager to try your app
3. alfa like @degentokenbase @clankeronbase @bankrbot @noicedotso they just hit Fc first
DO NOT JOIN if you don't want any of the above.
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if you are a builder, and wanna bootstrap by tokenizing,
would you go with:
- believe app,
- pump fun
- clanker / bnkr,
- bonk fun
?
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we are working with the legendary yappers of the trench, creative artists from the NFT world, builders who wanna shoot exclusive launches.
made this community to build the future of @revealcamfun and reveal coins together with you.
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📣🧵
1/ Lounge Acquisition & @TinyHomepage
@Lounge_HQ is joining Pulse to continue the mission of helping hybrid teams feel closer together.
I thought about taking a break first, but my exploration of "practical" web3 led me to a new experiment called TinyHomepage.xyz
Pulse, the maker of an automatic Slack status updater, acquires team communication startup Lounge tcrn.ch/37RSDHU by @sarahintampa
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step into @farcaster_xyz where you get to play with:
- money
- products like @clankeronbase @bankrbot
- builders like @0xDeployer @_proxystudio
- supporters like @jessepollak @dwr
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one day wanna meet the king of grit in person. for a meaningful reason.
@bchesky and airbnb story was a legendary one that gave hope to an entire generation of startup founders.
inspired me to stop whining, quit my job, and fly to SF back in ‘14. never looked back ever since.
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👀 @perl_xyz is like polymarket, but for @farcaster_xyz native coin prices.
use @degentokenbase to play this prediction game. @pkayfire and i built it during $DEGEN's initial bull run, and now that the daily pool has 10X'd again,
we are leveraging it for @alfacadotfun gtm 🦙
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Pitch me your startup. i'll say if i'd invest/not, and why.
if incredible, i'll make warm intros to 200+ investors via @pollenround
team:
e.g.) x-Stripe, x-Greylock, SPC backed
product:
e.g.) New linkedin built on warm intros
👇
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I say this again and again - @farcaster_xyz is the utopia for builders.
@dwr is the gatekeeper, so DM him if you love web3/startups.
getting into farcaster is a P1 if you wanna meet legit dreamers as peers.
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I started Moon Lab with @pkayfire Aug ‘22
6 mo. into it, been through hell and back x3. 🎢
shut down 💀:
📚 social bookmarking
💰 tweet virality prediction game
🃏 tweet based poker game
next 🔥:
📥 micro-Substack as an iOS app.
join the waitlist & view the prototype. ⬇️
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if you own 7.5M $EEeEeE, you can now post as a zk anon dolphin whose language can be decoded with a tool thnx to @0xDeployer from @farcaster_xyz
@base animal lore is a fully interactive society rather than a 2d meme. even @jessepollak bought it.
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working on something new @richpeopleai
reply by identifying the 6 rich people in the banner illustration.
testflight 🔜
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Farcaster > Warpcast
iykyk
there’s a tiny revolution happening in the cozy corner of the internet
tiny doesn’t stay tiny though.
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Founders should do more warm intros for other compelling founders.
Why? Because you get to:
✨ help founders who can help you in the future
🤝 stay in touch with investors while providing high qual. dealflow
It’s a rare triple win situation - let’s make it a thing together!
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who in LA would be down for tiny gatherings ~4:20pm on a thursday sometime?
you can work here during the day to beat the traffic.
- they have both alcohol/tea
- no agenda
- no sponsor
it’s just a chill lounge & chat.
The LINE LA
maps.app.goo.gl/fbTeudc8b2zq…
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remake of @ProductHunt (cc @rrhoover) called “launchcaster.xyz” shipped today on farcaster.
@jaymehoffman mentioned it just a week ago, and it’s live already.
never a dull day in that purple land. @dwr has assembled prolific makers, and its ecosystem has been thriving 🔥
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people who fade @farcaster_xyz for its size today forget that the density of passionate hobbyists matters. a lot.
i've been there since it had less than 600 people, and trust me. it has come very far. what came out of it: @clankeronbase @bankrbot @degentokenbase are just a few examples.
rather than ridiculing it. just give it a week. builders who are just as passionate and kind as you have created it. and fighting day to day to make it matter more and more
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one of the reasons why @pkayfire and i love building @alfacadotfun on @base and @farcaster_xyz
@jessepollak is a curious builder himself who likes playing with super early products and getting his hands dirty.
@farcaster_xyz is a repeatable flywheel for crypto native gtm. you can’t iterate fast if you don’t have the right audience eager to try what you ship out to the world.
go time.
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despite the latest news re: OpenAI’s x CTO raising $100M to spawn another competitor,
people staying bullish.
DM me if you got a strong opinion! slowly rolling it out to the waitlist ⬇️
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🍌 guess wtf it is? 📸
the first reveal coin test run from @revealcamfun last night.
@SHL0MS and others had a blast on stealcam, the forgotten socialfi hit from the friendtech team - @pkayfire and i are reinventing it w/ stealcam ogs and @base team.
✉️ DM if you want in ✉️
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When I was a first-time founder, I paid myself $30k a year living in SF.
Not worth it - no relevant investor is impressed by scrappiness alone.
Better for founders to pay themselves enough to stay focused at their very best condition. Even then, it’s an uphill battle.
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never seen the name of the coin evolve as it reaches higher mc.
@higherrrrrrrfun is bringing a new angle to @base land.
alpha.higherrrrrrr.fun/token…
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Do not join @farcaster_xyz
I just woke up to $40+ from friendly fellow builders on it for no reason.
Why would I hang around on an app that keeps handing me money?
I'd rather exclusively use X and keep "paying" monthly after 10y+ of being here.
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been in both solana and @base trenches to learn while building @revealcamfun and my pnl is wolrds apart.
could be skill issues but i find it harder to avoid complete scam/rugs in ~absence of social context (which dev is reputable etc)
but for base, thanks to @farcaster_xyz i just have better awareness around what to double down on vs not.
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interested in early access to consumer crypto toys?
we plan to pump out even MORE apps FASTER ahead of the bull run.
⬇️ reply below - will only DM for research/testflight drops
as a team, we've built 13+ consumer apps including @perl_xyz @offmarketfun
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crazy how we first saw @bankrbot on @farcaster_xyz and now it’s taking over X.
funded the wallet to continue playing with it. watching @BoredElonMusk and @Caitlyn_Jenner playing with it got me thinking about some ideas.
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when my friends launch, i don't ask many questions.
i just smash likes, retweets, replies on that tweet.
takes seconds. might multiply their shot at serendipitous rise to the top.
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being a startup founder requires one to be a bit psycho tbh - in both good and bad ways.
i wake up one day feeling ready to conquer the world, and another day feeling like the dried up dogshit in koreatown.
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comeback alert for @farcaster_xyz - @pkayfire and i are cooking a stealth project 🔜 🦙
also on @perl_xyz people are betting on AI/og memecoins again
$degen by @degentokenbase
$lum by @higheronchain
$moxie by @betashop
$tn100x by @0xDeployer
$mfer by @MLeeJr
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it is easy to publicly shit on a project
it is near-impossible to build anything worthwhile from scratch.
one of them offers rewards, and the other fuels nothing but ego and insecurity. iykyk
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when my close founder friends seem down, i prioritize talking to them, even on my busiest days.
the darkest moment for founders is when they lose sight of hope. and i know it often takes a very tiny something to snap out of it.
when i was starting out, @blader @rrhoover were those figures. more recently, @abenzer @chang1 @wwshaef have gone out of their way to talk to me when i was down on my knees.
even now, as i go through shit myself as a fulltime founder, i wanna be the catalyst for hope to those chasing their dreams.
it is one of the greatest joys of my life.
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the front end of @alfacadotfun (meme coin competiton game) was built using @lovable
it is now live on @farcaster_xyz on @base network. on day 1, people like @itsmnjn building @waifuchat_ai won ~$10K from trading fee + prize pool
*lovable link below - feel free to steal*
quote this tweet with the best website design you can make in Lovable
our favorite by Monday wins $3k cash
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seriously @farcaster_xyz about to bloom.
ever since joining it back in 2022, i’ve tried many farcaster mini apps, but i finally have one (aside from @alfacadotfun ) mini app i use daily.
network, wallet, apps in one somehow feels like the minimum viable catalyst to let something bloom.
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me:
i turned $150 into $75K in the past 30 days trading pumpfun meme coins for fun.
jose:
how??
me:
⬇️ 🧵 let me share the way. THREAD ⬇️
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the quality of talent joining @farcaster_xyz is far beyond the best in class.
recently @superwoj @tednotlasso @Slokh joined; and now @lindaxie and @pirosb3
love seeing that most of them will focus on growth of Farcaster ecosystem.
kudos to @dwr @varunsrin
My cofounder @pirosb3 and I are joining the Farcaster team! We’re extremely optimistic about Farcaster and couldn't be more excited to contribute to its growth
Between the incredible team and community, Warpcast wallet, frames v2 mini apps, Coinbase Wallet distribution and much more, it’s going to be an exciting next few years and we believe Farcaster is going to be a major driver of pushing the crypto space forward
We’ll still be working on Bountycaster in our personal time since we’re passionate about how it's helped our users. We truly appreciate everyone who has supported us over the past year
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social is like fashion.
it's not new.
it's all about the reinvention.
surfacing of the past,
mixing it with the present-day vibe,
then projecting it to the future.
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Scratch to reveal on @revealcamfun
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just setting up my bitchat
would be cool to be notified if someone else with bitchat is near me to help me open it again
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solana does have such dominance in speculation (which is a very big market),
but i personally prefer @base because their eyes are on the mainstream consumers who buy everyday products and services.
i just bought a @DickbuttCTO hat from @farcaster_xyz mini app by @_SVVVG3 - works smooth like @Shopify
i can't see my girl aping $1K on a meme coin, but i could see her buying a cute hat onchain.
my honest view is that they can coexist. solana specializing into big volume based speculation space, base sipping in to mass consumer market.
more bullish than ever about the inevitable end game.
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since we met on @farcaster_xyz back in 2022 (only 600 users then), @pkayfire and i have been building fun consumer crypto apps:
* @perl_xyz was "it" last year around this time. @notthreadguy @pmarca @dwr @jessepollak among many enjoyed playing with it, tier 1 VCs were knocking on our door unasked - and we were making some good money with it til it plateaued.
* @offmarketfun Startup IPO prediction market was an insta flop - but we still got thousands of people to try it.
* and many other small and big experiements onchain with farcaster and @base
TLDR, we failed more than 15 times, but this is just the beginning. our proud hopium is that @revealcamfun will elevate meme coin creation/distribution game to another level through gamification.
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📣 Update: Starting a new company
I'm pausing @TinyHomepage indefinitely to co-found a new consumer social startup.
I wanted to thank every supporter from the past few months - I've learned, lived, and laughed thanks to all of you through the ups and downs with Tiny Homepage.
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⬇️ reply to be whitelisted ⬇️
new @alfacadotfun app: 🤝bro code
i just aped on $eggs by @backmeupplz and jason on @farcaster_xyz
means i will not sell until $eggs hits new ATH mc, or plummets to $69 mc.
it is an onchain pinky promise.
*NFA DYOR ofc
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i’ve always wanted to build a new linkedin for today’a unhinged and fun loving generation.
@alfacadotfun will be the onchain version of gamified linkedin powered by money, status, and game.
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iykyk -
@perl_xyz is the prediction market around tomorrow's coin prices.
@alfacadotfun is the status game built around the reputation of alfa callers.
follow @alfacadotfun and save this code:
⊬⍜⎍ ☊⏃⋏⋏⍜⏁ ⋔⟟⌇⌇ ⍜⎍⏁ ⍜⋏ ⏁⊑⟟⌇ ⍜⌿⌿⍜⍀⏁⎍⋏⟟⏁⊬
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will be announcing @revealcamfun launch first on @farcaster_xyz when we launch because that's where ~all @base alfas originate.
@degentokenbase @clankeronbase @bankrbot @noicedotso - the list goes on.
i don't make the rules.
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hey @VitalikButerin
within 10h of your tweet, your wish for ETH-gated social space just launched on @anondotworld thanks to @Slokh and team on @farcaster_xyz
finally the place for those with skin in the game to chat it out.
anon.world/communities/ethca…
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🧩 @NotionHQ is quietly becoming the no-code tool of choice with low barrier to entry.
This community makes you realize that so many people at different skill levels are creating/monetizing with Notion templates. nitter.app/i/communities/14716940…
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weekend gpt hackathon starts 🔥
will share what we build later in the thread.
📣 attention LA builders & dreamers
this weekend, let’s hack on simple GPT agents ahead of the store launch,
if you are itching to flex your craft and hustle, come build one and market one.
super casual. invite-only, and only the real ones coming.
partiful.com/e/n5slP6yTwZHzA…
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