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

  • Mar 1 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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#28 – Varun Srinivasan: Farcaster, building a decentralized social network

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  • 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:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/sinahab
    Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
    Other episodes - 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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