Farcaster with Varun Srinivasan

Summary In this week’s episode, https://x.com/AnnaRRose (Anna) and https://x.com/tarunchitra (Tarun) meet with https://x.com/varunsrin (Varun Srinivasan), co-founder of https://www.farcaster.xyz/ (Farcaster). They explore the Farcaster project, discussing the ideas that prompted its inception and what separates it from existing social media networks. The conversation explores the design space that Farcaster opens up for devs and the kinds of applications that can be built on top of it. Here’s some additional links for this episode: https://www.farcaster.xyz/ (Farcaster) https://mastodon.social/explore (Mastodon) https://diasporafoundation.org/ (Diaspora) https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/ (Mastodon ActivityPub) https://scuttlebutt.nz/ (Secure Scuttlebutt) https://www.supercast.xyz/ (Supercast) https://drakula.app (Drakula) https://docs.farcaster.xyz/learn/what-is-farcaster/frames (What is Frames?) https://docs.farcaster.xyz/reference/frames/spec (Frames Spec) https://www.dynamic.xyz/blog/farcaster-frames (Farcaster Frames: what you need to know) https://warpcast.com/ (Warpcast) https://zora.co/?feed=following (ZORA) https://surveycaster.xyz/welcome (Surveycaster) https://blowfish.xyz/ (Blowfish) https://openrank.com/ (OpenRank) https://docs.openrank.com/integrations/farcaster (OpenRank Docs - Farcaster Integration) https://neynar.com (Neynar) ZK Hack Montreal is happening Aug 9 - 11! Apply to join the hackathon https://zk-hack-montreal.devfolio.co/ (here). Episode Sponsors http://gevulot.com/ (Gevulot) is the first decentralized proving layer. With Gevulot, users can generate and verify proofs using any proof system, for any use case. Gevulot is offering priority access to ZK Podcast listeners, register on http://gevulot.com/ (gevulot.com) and write “ZK Podcast” in the note field of the registration form! http://aleo.org/ (Aleo) is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup. As Aleo is gearing up for their mainnet launch in Q1, this is an invitation to be part of a transformational ZK journey. Dive deeper and discover more about Aleo at http://aleo.org/ (http://aleo.org/). If you like what we do: Find all our links here! https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge (@ZeroKnowledge | Linktree) Subscribe to our podcast https://zeroknowledge.substack.com (newsletter) Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm (@zeroknowledgefm) Join us on https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram (Telegram) Catch us on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g (www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g))