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