After 8 months of work, Farcaster is now running on Snapchain.
Warpcast and Neynar are reading and writing from Snapchain. Casting across apps is now faster, more reliable and more likely to scale as Farcaster grows.
Here's a video to explaining how it works:
Snapchain unlocks many new improvements:
Cheaper storage — we should be able to reduce the cost of storage by 10x today and even more over time as we make improvements.
Zero cost signers — moving signers to Snapchain means users can add and remove apps for free.
App based storage — Make it easier for apps to sponsor users and enable "free onboarding" for the majority of users who want to join Farcaster
Originally appeared on Farcaster
Varun Srinivasan on Warpcast
Snapchain is now live! Warpcast and Neynar are reading and writing from Snapchain. Casting across apps is now faster, more reliable and more likely to scale as Farcaster grows. I recorded a new beginner friendly video series to explain how this works: https://youtu.be/xVqcy2hqUVs?si=ufnFHiALYDGeylx0
We now have a Farcaster blog! - Goal is capture what is already being announced via casts on Farcaster - Expect a bit of a lag / adjustment period as we get used to it - Hosted by @paragraph so it works as a mini app Check out an example post below: https://farcaster.blog/snapchain-is-now-live
URL is here: farcaster.blog There's also a newsletter option that we will likely enable soon.
why does it say “by colin” and not “by dwr.eth” or by Farcaster
The mini app is @paragraph
The magic of Paragraph is that you’ve got a blog and newsletter rolled into one. No need to manage additional services.
get that URL outta here - we don’t need it - we’ve got mini apps!!!
Get this when I try to navigate from the publication page to a post cc @colin @reidtandy
@matthewfox could you share the specific URL of the post that’s 404ing? FWIW working fine for me in the miniapp so trying to figure out what’s happening
Is there an RSS feed? If not, could there be?
farcaster.blog/rss
WOOHOO 🙌 I love reading official Farcaster stuff 🥲
Would be a great feature!
Thanks for putting this together and for using Paragraph too 👏🏽
Yes!! I've been wanting this so it's easier to follow all the big announcements and updates!!
Neat :)
Nice good way to say updated
Does clicking on "read" supposed to do anything? A "paragraph" modal pops up but nothing happens.
@futureartist working now? Had a brief period of issues earlier today but should be fixed
Works now! Thx!
Oh based, this is cool and quick.
Dam it not loading boss
cc @colin
Investigating @azflin
when farcaster podcast
We needed this i guess, also a good way for guiding newcomers 🔥