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Sheldon Trotman
@sheldon #7960
Founder. Builder. Advisor | MIT EECS | Blockchain dev since 2016 | Daily thoughts streamed: /lostfounder
11837 Follower 1026 Following
Fred: “can I share the thing you told me last night about miniapps becoming standalone apps?”
Dan: 😳
Loved the raw takes from @fredwilson.eth
War stories from Tumblr to SoundCloud to Coinbase and now Farcaster 🔥🔥
Dan: 😳
Loved the raw takes from @fredwilson.eth
War stories from Tumblr to SoundCloud to Coinbase and now Farcaster 🔥🔥
Welcome to the church of Farcaster! I am giving the gospel 😂
Big big props to @caro.eth for hosting the event!
Big big props to @caro.eth for hosting the event!
25.04.29 - Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I can feel the Farcon energy. People are starting to fly into NYC now so the next couple of days are going to be fun!
Yo my FC notifications are booming about people coming to NYC.
Anything good happening there? 🤔
Anything good happening there? 🤔
25.04.28 - 🧙🏾♂️🧙🏽♀️
Tippyy tippyyyy Tuueessddaayyyyy just tipped my favorite farcasters!
What a line up! Appreciate yall 🙏🏾 @caro.eth @samuellhuber.eth @santiagocoto @coach-holness @gabrielayuso.eth @dylsteck.eth @sohey @aneri @hurls for being here :)
What a line up! Appreciate yall 🙏🏾 @caro.eth @samuellhuber.eth @santiagocoto @coach-holness @gabrielayuso.eth @dylsteck.eth @sohey @aneri @hurls for being here :)
Wwoooo this is cool @ruminations ! Love seeing underlying social graph data
https://www.quotient.social/
https://www.quotient.social/
25.04.27 - Spring has sprung! Time for new beginnings and regrowth 🌹
Had a hackathon all weekend working on a fun new beginning 🤓
Had a hackathon all weekend working on a fun new beginning 🤓
Ffiinnaalllyyy we are getting more than you 37 people now…I was kinda starting to get bored with you people 🙄
All aboard!! Choo choo 🚂
All aboard!! Choo choo 🚂
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth·5 days ago
What does Farcaster look like in the near term?
At some point this summer:
1. Coinbase Wallet will have a Farcaster-powered feed in their mobile app with millions of existing users. This will be the most significant increase to practical decentralization of the protocol since the beginning.
2. Our app will be called Farcaster. Easy to explain to the average person—"download Farcaster in the App Store".
3. Sign ups for most people will be free. Link your X / Twitter account and no payment required.
4. Wallet will be available on web. And thanks to auth addresses, no more "please open your phone to continue using this mini app".
5. Wallet and mini apps will expand their support to multiple chains. If there's an interesting app in crypto, the goal will be to have it play nicely with Farcaster.
6. We're going to continue scaling our weekly reward programs: iterating on casting and building mini apps, but we're also working on a new version of the invite program that rewards referrals AND retention.
At some point this summer:
1. Coinbase Wallet will have a Farcaster-powered feed in their mobile app with millions of existing users. This will be the most significant increase to practical decentralization of the protocol since the beginning.
2. Our app will be called Farcaster. Easy to explain to the average person—"download Farcaster in the App Store".
3. Sign ups for most people will be free. Link your X / Twitter account and no payment required.
4. Wallet will be available on web. And thanks to auth addresses, no more "please open your phone to continue using this mini app".
5. Wallet and mini apps will expand their support to multiple chains. If there's an interesting app in crypto, the goal will be to have it play nicely with Farcaster.
6. We're going to continue scaling our weekly reward programs: iterating on casting and building mini apps, but we're also working on a new version of the invite program that rewards referrals AND retention.
25.04.26 - Architecting systems and having product taste are very valuable skills in an age where AI clients can easily create simple things.
Vibecoding today sucks with complexity but I am sure it will get better soon as the models rise in intelligence
Me giving a new meaning to coding with vibes last night🕺🏾
Vibecoding today sucks with complexity but I am sure it will get better soon as the models rise in intelligence
Me giving a new meaning to coding with vibes last night🕺🏾
25.04.25 - It’s always a good time to build. It’s simple:
Step 1: build
Step 2: repeat step 1
Feeling like it’s mini app season coming into full force.
Step 1: build
Step 2: repeat step 1
Feeling like it’s mini app season coming into full force.
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Sheldon Trotman
@sheldon·15:08 25/04/2025
Long live the king that brought us interactivity in the social feed!
Frames walked so Miniapps could run
🥹
Frames walked so Miniapps could run
🥹
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Varun Srinivasan
@v·22:19 24/04/2025
We're considering ending support for v1 Frames in 3 months.
Why?
- It has little usage; most devs moved to miniapps
- It simplifies the protocol for client builders + new devs.
- It simplifies the UX for users. Only one type of "app" in the feed.
Over 90% of devs we polled support this decision.
Why?
- It has little usage; most devs moved to miniapps
- It simplifies the protocol for client builders + new devs.
- It simplifies the UX for users. Only one type of "app" in the feed.
Over 90% of devs we polled support this decision.
25.04.24 - Been hustling on all fronts. Some days I’m hacking on code other days im dreaming up net new concepts🤓
In other news, pumped I’m back in the gym 💪🏾
In other news, pumped I’m back in the gym 💪🏾
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Sheldon Trotman
@sheldon·22:38 23/04/2025
Wwoooo I’m back! Took a month off from heavy lifting to mainly let my ligaments and tendons heal.
Felt good to be repping 225lbs again 😤💪🏾
Felt good to be repping 225lbs again 😤💪🏾
25.04.22 - One of the skills I have really honed as a founder is hearing an abstract problem statement and describing a product in granular detail to address that problem.
It’s one of those hard earned skills that only comes from experience seeing and building hundreds of products.
Get out there, build and learn.
It’s one of those hard earned skills that only comes from experience seeing and building hundreds of products.
Get out there, build and learn.
name the best movie you’ve ever seen about friendship
Lion King is untouchable
Lion King is untouchable
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ted (not lasso)
@ted·03:02 24/04/2025
name the best movie you’ve ever seen about friendship
sisterhood of the traveling pants
nothing compares
sisterhood of the traveling pants
nothing compares
OH BOY OH BOY!! It’s happening!!
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jesse.base.eth 🔵
@jessepollak·21:56 23/04/2025
it's coming soon! we've spent the last few months rebuilding @coinbasewallet from the ground up to be 10x faster, while shifting its focus to really lean into solving this problem of discovery and distribution.
after someone buys their first coin, if they are curious about what else to do or what applications to check out, it’s not obvious what they should do next. so we're integrating a farcaster social feed, with mini-apps, directly into @coinbasewallet and then making it incredibly easy for users to discover onchain experiences without ever leaving the app.
i talked more about this in this video: https://x.com/CoinbaseWallet/status/1886822569334181966 .and we'll be sharing more updates next week at farcon!
after someone buys their first coin, if they are curious about what else to do or what applications to check out, it’s not obvious what they should do next. so we're integrating a farcaster social feed, with mini-apps, directly into @coinbasewallet and then making it incredibly easy for users to discover onchain experiences without ever leaving the app.
i talked more about this in this video: https://x.com/CoinbaseWallet/status/1886822569334181966 .and we'll be sharing more updates next week at farcon!
Proof of Toolery 😤💪🏾
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Sheldon Trotman
@sheldon·22:38 23/04/2025
Wwoooo I’m back! Took a month off from heavy lifting to mainly let my ligaments and tendons heal.
Felt good to be repping 225lbs again 😤💪🏾
Felt good to be repping 225lbs again 😤💪🏾
Wwoooo I’m back! Took a month off from heavy lifting to mainly let my ligaments and tendons heal.
Felt good to be repping 225lbs again 😤💪🏾
Felt good to be repping 225lbs again 😤💪🏾
25.04.21 - Lots of big things cranking! What a crazy week coming up
Tippy tippy tip Tuesdays!! Just tipped my favorite farcasters!
thank you @gabrielayuso.eth @caro.eth @volks @samuellhuber.eth @chuckstock @blackstock for making FC fun!
thank you @gabrielayuso.eth @caro.eth @volks @samuellhuber.eth @chuckstock @blackstock for making FC fun!
25.04.20 - Wwooooo kicked off the week with Easter with loved ones. It’s a good week to have a good week 😊
Every year I love FC more and more.
Two years ago we all talked in one thread (no channels) and it was so quiet you could leave for hours, return and read all the messages you missed 😂
One year ago frames (now called miniapps) launched and it was a really clunky static image experience
Excited for the future🥹
Two years ago we all talked in one thread (no channels) and it was so quiet you could leave for hours, return and read all the messages you missed 😂
One year ago frames (now called miniapps) launched and it was a really clunky static image experience
Excited for the future🥹
LLFFGGGG 🔥🔥🔥 search on miniapps 🥹
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25.04.19 - In all the external chaos, cultivate an internal stillness.
Awakening 🧘🏾♂️
Awakening 🧘🏾♂️
25.04.18 - May you all have a blessed weekend.
Make sure to drink water, tell your family you love them and touch grass 🫶🏾
Make sure to drink water, tell your family you love them and touch grass 🫶🏾
Messed up my knee a couple weeks ago on a Spartan race so I’m happy to be running again!
Took it slower than usual but got a 5k in 🏃🏾♂️💨
Took it slower than usual but got a 5k in 🏃🏾♂️💨
yyooooooooo @volks Pixel Survivors on the @farcade has me in a chokehold 😂
Been running mage as my go to! 🧙🏾♂️
@chuckstock and @blackstock loving all the new games guys!
Been running mage as my go to! 🧙🏾♂️
@chuckstock and @blackstock loving all the new games guys!
25.04.17 - What a week! It’s that time in the cycle where we bounce around in confusion until some more certainty comes
UX that people understand matters!!
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25.04.16 - Fascinating moment to snapshot how Base is pushing the industry towards “content coins” but is facing a lot of pushback.
Only time will tell if content onchain is more Zora flavored where there is a liquid market for everything, or Rodeo style where the content market is semi-liquid or something else.
Only time will tell if content onchain is more Zora flavored where there is a liquid market for everything, or Rodeo style where the content market is semi-liquid or something else.
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With all the hoopla going on, I decided why not jump on the onchain content train and give @zora a try 😌
Big props to @jessepollak for standing up and fighting for creators 👏🏾
BING BONG!!! 🗽
https://zora.co/coin/base:0x031a5a402b09e854a6d2b1e0ed4ca609ffe880e3
Big props to @jessepollak for standing up and fighting for creators 👏🏾
BING BONG!!! 🗽
https://zora.co/coin/base:0x031a5a402b09e854a6d2b1e0ed4ca609ffe880e3
25.04.15 - Miami it’s been real!
Some 30,000 ft thoughts:
One of the things I love about myself is that I am always willing to start over. I don’t care about being perceived as failing or looking dumb. The only thing that matters is if I am true to my path.
Success or failure at-least I have a story to tell 😂
Some 30,000 ft thoughts:
One of the things I love about myself is that I am always willing to start over. I don’t care about being perceived as failing or looking dumb. The only thing that matters is if I am true to my path.
Success or failure at-least I have a story to tell 😂
just tipped my favorite farcasters!
thank you @caro.eth @dawufi @coach-holness @cojo.eth for being here :)
thank you @caro.eth @dawufi @coach-holness @cojo.eth for being here :)
25.04.13 - Live life passionately. Don’t be afraid to jump into the unknown in all aspects of life.
There’s times when you will make mistakes and you will get hurt but don’t let that stop you from listening to your inner voice and living authentically.
There’s times when you will make mistakes and you will get hurt but don’t let that stop you from listening to your inner voice and living authentically.
25.04.12 - No better way to cap off the day than to end it watching the full moon rise with my lady 🌝
25.04.08 - First a 4 hour look at Hermès then a 5hour Rolex deep dive, I’m getting in my craftsman era!
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25.04.07 - An absolute bloodbath in the markets. The global markets are feeling a real crunch and ETH is at 2022 levels 😬
Crazy all this is playing out.
https://warpcast.com/unusualwhales/0xc9c8977d
Crazy all this is playing out.
https://warpcast.com/unusualwhales/0xc9c8977d
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Tips tips tips! just tipped my favorite farcasters!
thank you @caro.eth @ahn.eth @nbragg @dawufi @samuellhuber.eth for being here :)
thank you @caro.eth @ahn.eth @nbragg @dawufi @samuellhuber.eth for being here :)
