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I think farcaster has a much more interesting future given client diversity and protocol extensions

Didn’t see it mentioned in the article surprisingly

I’ve never heard of Farcaster.

Probably because it’s crypto-based (blockchain) and required a $5 sign up fee to join… so it’s mostly attracted crypto folks.

Free with a US phone number

Also most of it is off the blockchain, just accounts are on chain

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wouldn't a database be more efficient :-)

More efficient at what? A database would not provide the decentralization the farcaster protocol requires

Definitely recommend checking it out