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Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\nIn the two weeks since Farcaster introduced its Frames feature that allows developers to easily add mini apps to users\u2019 posts, the decentralized social network has become the talk of Twitter, now X, and increased its user base by ten times, according to co-founder Dan Romero.\xa0\nRomero joins Unchained to discuss why Frames has become so popular, the philosophy behind Farcaster and its client Warpcast, why the crypto component behind Farcaster is being kept to a minimum, how Apple\u2019s new Vision Pro could lead to the creation of a 3D social network on Farcaster, how he and his fellow co-founder\u2019s background at Coinbase helped shape their decisions about building Farcaster, and his vision for eventually getting Farcaster to a billion-plus users.\xa0\nShow highlights:\n\nWhat Farcaster is and what problems it\u2019s trying to solve\n\nHow and why Farcaster uses blockchain technology in the background\xa0\n\nHow you can use ENS (Ethereum Name Services) for your handles on Farcaster\n\nHow the recovery of accounts works on Farcaster and what the security implications are\n\nWhat Frames is and why it\u2019s significant for developers and creators\n\nWhat\u2019s controlled by the protocol vs. the client\xa0\n\nWhat Dan imagines could be built with the new Apple Vision Pro\n\nWhether there\u2019s potential for better economics and ways to monetize content in Farcaster\n\nWhy Farcaster is on Optimism, an Ethereum Layer 2, and whether it could be moved to another network\n\nHow they are working to build a more decentralized network\n\nWhat the future of Farcaster and Frames could look like\n\nHow Dan\u2019s background at Coinbase shaped the way in which he decided to build Farcaster\n\nWhat the strategy is for scaling the platform to the numbers more associated with Web2 social media\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\nPopcorn Network\n\nPolkadot\n\nGuest:\n\n\nDan Romero, Co-founder of Farcaster\n\n\nCoinbase\u2019s Pragmatic Crypto Culture by Dan Romero\n\nLinks\n\nUnchained:\xa0\n\nBounties to Build Frames on Farcaster Are Growing Rapidly\n\nFarcaster's User Base Skyrockets Nearly 500% After Frames Launch\n\nWhat Is SocialFi? A Beginner\u2019s Guide\n\nThe Chopping Block: Is Farcaster the Web3 Social Layer?\n\nDan\u2019s ideas for Farcaster\n\n\n\nFarcaster architecture\n\nArchitecture\n\nOnchain password reset mechanism\n\n\nWhy Farcaster Frames are important\n\nThe layers of Farcaster\n\nFarcaster charges \u201crent\u201d\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices