fc-updates

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Important updates about things happening in Farcaster

Fixed a ton of DC's bugs this week. Thanks for all the feedback!

h/t to @gabrielayuso.eth, @blockheim and @ashoat.eth
We've been working on improving our spam detection.

A big source of alpha has been taking algos used to rank content on the web and modifying them to work in Farcaster-space.

@akshaan and @notawizard collaborated to add:
- PageRank
- Hyperlink Induced Topic Search
- Louvain Clustering
Please upgrade hubs to 1.17
Last call for applications for the retro grants!

We will be closing them in 24 hours and the finalizing recipients.

https://forms.gle/tVU6pzApfMwSbups7
FIP: FC Connect

A new revision of the Farcaster Connect spec is out, thanks to everyone who provided feedback. The major changes are:

1. UserData type to make it easier to lookup the app (@payton)
2. connect.farcaster.xyz ui to make it easier for clients (@df)
Thanks for all the frames feedback!

The biggest request was to get something out quickly, so we're going to focus on that. Our proposed schedule:

Nov 23 - mobile playground
Nov 27 - v0.0.0 (alpha)
Dec 6 - v0.1.0
....
Jan 5 - v1.0.0 (stable)

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/205
Using app keys for authentication

A quick proposal to use app keys instead of custody addresses for signign in to other apps. This is a comment on the Farcaster Connect thread, would love to get a quick pulse from users and devs on how they think about these tradeoffs.

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/204
Frames v2 Draft Spec

A new specification that makes frames:

- fast and snappy
- interactive with custom ui
- fully integrated with wallets
- retentive, by letting users save them and get in-app notifications

Feedback welcome!

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/205
FIP: Farcaster Connect

An update to the Sign in with Farcaster (FIP-11) proposal to support request from wallets other than Warpcast.

Feedback welcome!

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/204