At yesterday's developer conference, the Farcaster team announced an experimental project—a mechanism to help developers reach users through airdrops, with the first airdrop expected to launch next week.

The core of this airdrop mechanism is to establish a two-way opt-in reputation system. Developers can set the airdrop's target and the desired actions users should take, such as using specific Frames or participating in specific channels.

Airdrop Rules Interpretation

Users can choose whether to join the airdrop program. Those who opt-in and perform the required actions as requested by the developer will gradually build a positive reputation, increasing their likelihood of receiving more airdrop opportunities in the future. Conversely, users who opt-in but fail to perform the specified actions after claiming the airdrop may see their reputation affected, potentially reducing their chances of future airdrops.

Ultimately, developers can freely select target users as the relevant data is permissionless. Founder dwr stated that future Farcaster airdrops will be more inclined to reward users who actually use the product and align with the developer's goals.

To increase their chances of receiving airdrops, users need to actively participate in the Farcaster ecosystem, including publishing multiple Casts, using Frames, and engaging in on-chain transactions. The more active a user is, the greater their probability of being selected for an airdrop.

The Farcaster team introduced this experimental airdrop program with deeper strategic considerations in mind. The team aims to increase the number of recharged and active mobile wallets, enabling them to transact in Frames with minimal operations.

dwr revealed that after about a month of operation, the number of recharged Warplet wallets on Farcaster has surpassed 60,000, in addition to tens of thousands of mobile wallets connected via MWP.

More recharged and active mobile wallets translate to more Frame usage, driving the diversity of content on the Farcaster platform. The richer the content, the more reasons users have to stay active on Farcaster, creating a complementary relationship with other networks. As users spend more time exploring new on-chain Frames, they are more likely to publish Casts and use social features, establishing a positive feedback loop.

Addressing potential user concerns, the Farcaster team emphasized the voluntary nature of the project. Users can choose not to participate in the airdrop, and they can also choose to immediately convert the airdrop upon receipt, though this might affect whether developers are willing to airdrop to them again in the future. Developers will clearly specify what they expect users to do after receiving the airdrop, and the requirements for each airdrop may vary.

Which Developers Are Worth Paying Attention To?

Since the airdrop rules clearly express the desire for users to extensively try out the Farcaster protocol's various features and become active users, it is natural to start paying attention to the developers from the source.

Readers can choose to join different channels or follow the Frames center to get first-hand information. They can also join BlockBeats' "Web3CN Research Institute" to get the latest Farcaster and crypto updates.

Below are the developers worth paying attention to in the Farcaster protocol, as previously compiled by BlockBeats, for readers' reference.

Related reading: "Farcaster Top 100 List"

Dan Romero

FID: 3

Username: dwr.eth

Personal Website: danromero.org

Farcaster Co-founder and CEO, former Vice President and General Manager at Coinbase, and former Business and Product Development Manager at Envoy.

Varun Srinivasan

FID: 2

Username: v

Personal Website: www.varunsrinivasan.com

Farcaster Co-founder and CTO, former Engineering and Product Director at Coinbase, former Project Manager for OneNote at Microsoft, and founder of a company serving the hearing-impaired community, SoundFocus.

For more details, see: "Interview with Varun Srinivasan: Exploring the Future of Decentralized Social Networks"

Jesse Pollak

FID: 99

Username: jessepollak

Personal Website: jessepollak.com

Founder of Base, dropout who founded the passwordless identity solution company Clef, and former Senior Engineering Manager at Coinbase.

Vitalik Buterin

FID: 5650
Username: vitalik.eth

Founder of Ethereum, his activity on Farcaster is the reason many have joined here.

Jacek Trociński

FID: 15983

Username: jacek

Jacek was born in Santa Monica, California, to a Polish mother, and his family was not well-off financially. After graduating, Jacek worked at IBM, Credit Suisse in Switzerland, and M-Bank in Poland, always burdened by debt.

In 2023, Jacek quit his stable job to go all-in on web3, attempting multiple projects that all ended in failure, including trying the FriendTech concept on Farcaster.

It wasn't until later that he founded Degen.

For more information, see: "Why Did DEGEN Drop So Hard?"

Jason Goldberg

FID: 602
Username: betashop.eth

Airstack and Moxie founder, serial entrepreneur. Airstack is a key player in building the Farcaster ecosystem, while Moxie is one of Farcaster's hottest projects in recent months, aimed at introducing an economic incentive system to Farcaster.

Ted

FID: 239

Username: ted

Farcaster influencer and evangelist, a pioneer at the forefront of online community and decentralized social experimentation.

She previously led business operations and strategy at Goldfinch, a real-world asset protocol, helping it scale from seed to Series A funding, reaching over $1 billion in assets under management. Before becoming a blockchain native, Ted designed and executed creative, impact-driven strategies for consumer brands, startups, celebrities, funds, family offices, and large tech companies.

Linda Xie

FID: 12

Username: linda

Personal Website: lindajxie.com

Co-founder of Bountrycaster, enabling Farcaster users to post bounty tasks; co-producer of the documentary "Ethereum: The Infinite Garden" with V God; early Coinbase employee; co-founder and managing director of the crypto hedge fund Scalar Capital, who recently announced joining Farcaster.

woj.eth

FID: 680

Username: woj.eth

Founder of Supercast, a Farcaster frontend, deeply involved in Farcaster's development, announced joining the Farcaster team last month.

Jonny Mack

FID: 576
Username: nonlinear.eth

Personal Website: jnymck.com

Fabric Founder, creator of Hypersub (NFT Subscription), and Crowdfi (On-chain Crowdfunding). Former freelance designer focused on product design and consulting for early-stage startups, and former Design Lead at Google Cloud Platform.

Cassie Heart

FID: 1325
Username: cassie

Farcaster Engineer, lead of the open-source project Quilibrium, former Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase.
She describes herself in her Twitter bio as, "If something isn't decentralized, it's garbage."

Quilibrium is a decentralized internet-layer protocol that provides cloud services without sacrificing privacy or scalability.

She has been a vocal critic of crypto warrants and advocates for fair launches: https://warpcast.com/yikang/0x285e20a8

Greg Skriloff

FID: 347
Username: greg

He is a DevRel (Developer Relations) engineer at ENS Labs, a builder on ENS and Farcaster, enjoys baking, and develops various small tools. In 2021, he created a bot that monitors Musk's tweets for doge trades, an Ethereum Gas tracker, a Twitter account list named with .eth, etc. In 2022, he developed Searchcaster for searching posts on Farcaster; Farcaster Network for viewing Farcaster protocol data... In 2023, in 2024...

Nikita Kolmogorov

FID: 1356
Username: farcasteradmin.eth

On his personal website, it is noted how many people are currently using the software he has written—almost a billion! (borodutch.com)
He has authored a book: "We Don't Live a Thousand Years," which is a record of his research over the past decade on enhancing his own quality of life.
He has created an open-source protocol that allows people to trade their Farcaster user card.
He also has a YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/backmeupplz

Antonio García Martínez

FID: 53

Username: antonio

Personal Website: https://www.antoniogarciamartinez.com/

Founder of the encrypted advertising protocol Spindl, New York Times bestselling author and tech entrepreneur, former Product Manager at Facebook, CEO and founder of AdGrok, former quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Cameron Armstrong

FID: 617
Username: cameron

Personal Website: seemore.tv/cameron

Veteran, developer, writer, Harvard Business School graduate, founder of the personal information aggregation platform seemore.tv, conducting various content experiments on the /cameron channel, strong expression desire.

Todd Goldberg

FID: 18

Username: todd

Personal Website: toddgoldberg.com

Todd.capital angel investor, having invested in dozens of companies including Mercury, Superhuman, Placer, Clearbit, AngelList, Supabase, ClassDojo, Zip, Nexhealth, Manifold, Farcaster, Descript, Lob, Eight Sleep, Coda, GymClass VR, and many others.

Co-founder of Curated, a crypto fund collecting unique crypto art and culture. Previously co-founded Eventjoy (acquired by Ticketmaster, YC W14) and Mailjoy, and designed and launched nearly a dozen other small products in consumer, B2B, and crypto.

Sriram Krishnan

FID: 43

Username: sriramk.eth

Personal Website: https://sriramk.com/

a16z GP, tech expert, invested in Figma, SpaceX, and Scale.ai, previously led product teams at Meta, Twitter/X, and Microsoft.

Tim Beiko

FID: 207

Username: tim

Ethereum Foundation's protocol support lead, former ConsenSys product manager.

Dan Posch

FID: 56

Username: dcposch.eth

Founder of Daimo, a mnemonic-free stablecoin wallet tackling one of the oldest use cases of crypto technology: P2P payments. His obsession with speed and simplicity, coupled with using smart accounts for full gas abstraction and FaceID signature verification (backed by Pimlico's bundler and USDC payer), has made the payment app feel better to use than similar web2 apps.

Zach Terrell

FID: 457

Username: zachterrell

Developer of spindl.xyz, whose avatar features Bach wearing Apple Vision Pro, interested in history, tech, and music, developed a tool to track the overall progress of the Farcaster protocol: https://www.farcaster.network/

Alexander Chopan

FID: 880

Username: accountless.eth

Personal Website: https://linktr.ee/alexanderchopan

He has been involved in secret military operations, worked at Bridgewater Associates, developed new products at DARPA, and worked on product development at Pimlico.

He has proposed many innovative ideas, including the concept of ZeroTrust Accounts: a decentralized, secure, and self-sovereign way for Ethereum smart contract accounts.

One of his frequently quoted statements is: "The network is lagging because accounts are hindering the experience—use different profiles for different activities, ignore the past, and easily surf the chain."

Stephan Cilliers

FID: 1689
Username: stephancill

Personal Website: https://www.stephancill.co.za/

Created the first open-source, feature-rich Farcaster client Opencast.

Currently working on frame, self-proclaimed cyberpunk, founded a company, electrical and computer engineer, interested in cryptography, permissionless protocols, and embedded systems. Created Alpha Feed, a system that scores news by relevance, novelty, and influence from RSS feeds and displays the highest-scoring posts in a daily news digest, helping people keep up with developments in artificial intelligence research.

j4ck

FID: 431

Username: j4ck.eth

Co-founder of icebreaker.xyz, co-founder and designer at szns.io, UI designer at Google. Self-proclaimed "Google CEO" and co-founder of the icbk.me/j4ck.fc project, also known as the "Rectangular Mule," primarily responsible for interface design or layout work.

He is active in multiple channels, including /icebreaker, /attendance, and /swagcaster, which are related to icebreaker activities, attendance management, and promotional merchandise, respectively.

In his spare time, he serves as a DJ under the alias "sixsix."

He has written about his reasons for joining Farcaster: https://paragraph.xyz/@j4ck/favorite-farcaster

Personal page: https://app.icebreaker.xyz/profiles/ZrfOmhEn3QewIAzaSErbA

horsefacts

FID: 3621
Username: horsefacts.eth

Personal page: terminally.online

Working at Farcaster, an open-source geek, an active and humble Ethereum developer. He worked on purplecheck, a previous soul-bound avatar project on Farcaster. He has served as a full-stack software consultant at 8th Light for over ten years, contributing to projects such as Global Citizen, IDEO, and Munich Re.

corbin.eth

FID: 358

Username: corbin.eth

Personal page: https://nf.td/corbin

Paymagic Labs' rockstar developer within the Ethereum and Farcaster ecosystems. Involved in developing the first social account abstract wallet, enabling developers to embed smart wallets in their applications or bots based on users' emails, Twitter, or phone numbers, as well as DustSweeper DEX, a small-token cleanup tool within a wallet.

Nicholas

FID: 1247
Username: nicholas

Solidarity developer, product manager, and host of the podcast Web3 Galaxy Brain, interviewing web3 developers weekly.

Nicholas Charriere

FID: 359
Username: pushix

Personal Website: nicholascharriere.com

Founder and CEO of Axlflow, an LLM company, with a decade of software engineering experience at top Silicon Valley firms.

Shawki Sukkar

FID: 73

Username: shawki

Founding engineer at AirGraph, previously at Primer, developed the first application based on Farcaster. Involved in LMS and meeting reservation service development, along with protocol engineering work on oracles. Originally from Syria, now residing in Arizona. Interested in tech, politics, and theology, currently studying Computer Science and Philosophy at the University of Arizona.

Liam Horne

FID: 80

Username: liam.eth

Personal Website: https://liamhorne.com/

Studied Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, dropped out to pursue entrepreneurship. In his twenties, he has been dedicated to Ethereum-related technology, enjoys traveling and photography.

He has invested in dozens of startups, including Othership, QA Wolf, Daimo, Farcaster, Ambrook, Mercantile, Software Applications Incorporated, Conduit, Splits, Axiom, OpenSea, Agora, and more.

J. Valeska

FID: 13505

Username: j-valeska

Projects I've worked on: https://devfolio.co/@vmjune2019

Self-proclaimed as: Alchemist, Blockchain Builder, Creator, Degen, Ethereum Developer, Farcaster Frame Developer.

Developed the Magic Machine, a machine that mimics vending machine behavior to randomly distribute pre-plotted artwork; proposed PoB (proof of buildership).

Rob Sanchez

FID: 2417

Username: robrecht

Personal Website: https://robrecht.xyz/

Creator of Farcaster payment tool @paybot, and trading tool @swapbot. YC alum, co-founder of Soulbind, a soul-binding solution company, involved in crypto incubator Orange DAO investments.

Wojtek Witkowski

FID: 557
Username: pugson

Senior UI Engineer, dedicated to interactive design, blending engineering and design, previously worked at Rainbow Wallet.

Slokh Kartik

FID: 3887
Username: slokh

Founder of the open-source project Nook, a Farcaster client, best friends with emo.eth, previously worked at Manifold, OpenSea, Capital One, and Amazon.

jacopo.eth

FID: 2007

Username: jacopo.eth

A one-stop on-chain frame solution at https://deframe.it/ and an on-chain business protocol at https://slice.so/ founder, protocol engineer

Royal

FID: 7715

Username: royalaid.eth

Developer, high-intensity creator of memes and IP, concerned about Farcaster development, formerly co-founder of CircleStudioMY.

binji.eth

FID: 2689

Username: binji.eth

Born in Nepal, received a full scholarship at the age of 14 to study in Costa Rica, then went to Northwestern University in Illinois, joined Coinbase right after graduation, currently working at op.

Nikolaiii

FID: 366713

Username: nikolaiii

He is a frame creator, with his created Frames being very popular, making his Fan Token highly sought after.

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