Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
three ones that I'm really excited about are:
blackbird.xyz
parallel.life
oak.community
I am hopeful that folks will focus on building experiences that "just work" for every day people on base - and that we'll be able to enable this with onramps/wallets so it becomes really easy.
grin 🧢
@grin
@saymore about OAK. Why is a local currency better than getting everyone to use USDC?
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Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
⭐ Threadstarter
on a plane all day (and welcome lots of new folks!) so...
AMA
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
what do you love about farcaster?
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
1. it's an open protocol that has attracted some of the best builders in the space
2. warpcast feels like a truly onchain product and is constantly pushing the limits of how onchain can be fun, cool, & exciting
3. @dwr.eth, @v, and the entire early farcaster community have created a pretty special culture
Brian
@bp
no bots
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
that too
Fifi
@fifi
That it doesn't block me like Twitter just did !
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
Boeing 737
Chukwuka Osakwe
@chukwukaosakwe
No rate limit. 🙏🏾
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
the simple things in life
CryptoChem
@cryptochem
Thoughts on Cosmos tech stack?
Chukwuka Osakwe
@chukwukaosakwe
Were you on Twitter in the early days, if so what are some similarities and differences between the early days of Twitter and Farcaster?
Carter | 🏳️🌈
@incarterseyes.eth
Dream collaborator?
Jayme Hoffman
@jayme
What would it take for Base to move from Discord to Farcaster?
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
think very highly of it - was a supporter on day 1 and have stayed close to the technology over the last many years, both personally and through friends who have worked in the community.
lots of inspiration from the cosmos stack in what we're doing with base & the op stack and we're collaborating too!
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
i wasn't really there in the early days - i joined twitter in 2011 (i think?) and then wasn't really active until 2013-2014
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
taylor swift
Rafael Gutkowski
@rafi
Farcaster doesn’t have that much noise.
Well — except all the gm-ing and all but that’s kinda cute.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
woof - i honestly am not sure. our discord is ~200k people and serves as a mix of broadcast (more of a fit), community building (more of a fit), and hands on support for developers & users (less of a fit). i'd love to see what a path might look like.
what do you think?
queenassy
@queenassy
What do you think is why we should use farcaster
Jayme Hoffman
@jayme
makes sense
short-term: create a Farcaster Base channel for broadcasts using “Base, Introduced” or maybe new mint (Base Builders)
long-term: build a Farcaster client into CBW so people can get news, build and support in the same place they’re discovering and using Base apps
🧙♂️.0x0z.eth
@0xwizardof0z.eth
Elon or Zuck? 🆚
rkf
@rkf.eth
how do you envision the ux of apps on L2’s built on op stack like base improving in the near future? right now it’s kinda clunky and takes too long to make a transaction
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
love these ideas, especially the Farcaster Base channel. gotta figure out what the right NFT to use is for this.
cc @wbnns
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
both - i think it's cool that they into this kind of physical activity and it's made me more interested in exploring it personally.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
i expect that over the next 12mo it'll become seamless to transact across major op stack chains. the tech is already there to execute cross-chain actions relatively easily, just needs to be integrated through to wallets.
with more time, it'll get more integrated into the chains, improving cost, security, trust.
Jayme Hoffman
@jayme
“Base, Introduced” would be easy but a “Base, Builds” could be fun leading up to launch “Base, Launched” … and ongoing mint for folks building on Base.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
good ideas - thank you!
rkf
@rkf.eth
ty. but what in your opinion needs to be done at the wallet level to allow for a smoother cross chain/l2 experience? and are there any wallets you are aware of that are already doing this well
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
i think that chains will increasingly fade into the background of the wallet, you’ll interact with the apps you care about with the assets you have, and it’ll just work.
it’s still early, but both coinbase wallet and rainbow are starting to move in this direction. lots more work to do!
Varun Srinivasan
@v
What’s next for Base after mainnet?
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
to date, most of our energy has gone to getting the network live across tech, governance, decentralization.
i’m excited for us to keep pushing on those, while focusing more on:
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
1. really understanding what builders/creators need to make amazing onchain experiences and ensuring they have it
2. making those experiences really easy for everyone to use, working with coinbase and the rest of the wallet/UX product + infra stack
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
also — lots of listening and figuring out what we don’t know we don’t know and then going and doing that.
think that with decentralized building just staying openminded and being willing to adapt/evolve/grow based on what we see is really important :)
Onium.eth
@onium
How do you see the current crypto ecosystem evolving over the next 5-10 years, and what role do you hope to play in that evolution?
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
i expect the whole world will move onchain by the end of the decade. millions of developers, billions of users. will happen as a result of lots of useful onchain dapps, with chains/infra fading to background.
i hope to play my part in making that happen with @base!
ricardocarrillo.eth 🛡️
@ricardocarrillo.eth
Man that sounds like an interesting future, Jesse. Who knows what on chain even looks like in the next 5 years? Pretty excited to see
artlu.eth (🗝️,👑) - l/dau
@artlu
- culture +people. if we are the average of who we spend the most time with, then seek out aligned energy + ideas
- composability is tangible, and baked into revealed preferences
- pace of change. every day brings something new, and generally things don't break
- I like fly-fishing. Casting is a nice verb
- the art
artlu.eth (🗝️,👑) - l/dau
@artlu
GA
one more 💜 : delightful little Easter egg touches like the GM button
Akira
@akira
How do you see privacy preserving technology being implemented on blockchains? Especially for payments
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
i generally think that @vitalik.eth's thinking on stealth addresses and other privacy systems that can be built on the EVM (and into smart wallets) is the most likely path to mainstream privacy adoption in crypto at this point.
Akira
@akira
Thanks. Do you see Base adopting stealth addresses too?
Are there any projects that you think address this issue effectively right now? I'm especially interested in understanding how privacy will be addressed on mobile platforms without having to rely on trusted third parties or thin wallets
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
stealth wallets and other systems could definitely be deployed on base - they’ll end up working across all EVM chains IMO
Sukhveer
@sukhveer
Thoughts on ReFi?
Akira
@akira
How long is your flight?? Where are you flying?
Another question: what are your favorite crypto wallets that focus specifically on p2p payments??
grin — q/dau
@grin
Fav project on Base?
What do you want to see someone build on Base that can’t be built on any other chain?
696.ᵉᵗʰ✍
@6969
Anything in ENS that excites you?
wbnns 🔵
@wbnns
Cool idea; would be awesome to go more in this kind of direction.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
excited about it - think we'll see crypto used to heal our world for sure.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
Flying from the US's east coast to Canada's west coast! two legs. just got in.
still very early here - excited about what @dcposch.eth is building with Daimo :)
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
lots lots lots - i expect ENS will be the canonical naming service for the onchain world. really excited by what @farcaster is doing with letting ENS names work across the protocol (and giving users subdomains). same with coinbase and *.cb.id
Gregor
@gregor
What’s the last movie you recommended to a friend?
dawufi (LLM)
@dawufi
Parallel looks dope if it can actually deliver.
dawufi (LLM)
@dawufi
Unexpected based
Cassie Heart
@cassie
I’ll ask just one last time, and if you don’t answer, then I’ll assume you’re specifically forbidden from doing so: what happens if tornado cash (or something like it) gets deployed to Base?
ARY Uni
@uni
I think being completely decentralized for so 9th networks at this time doesn't make sense. because of fees or some unnecessary onchain activities I think Faracast is decentralized enough not more or less and this is great.
briang is live on unlonely
@briang
he ducked this question on the livestream too lmfao
frdysk
@fufuprophet.eth
can't wait for cryptofart.fufuprophet.eth
Uncle Davo
@uncledavo
What are your favourite sources for OP Stack / Base ecosystem updates?
Aggregating updates via unjumble.xyz 🫡
MaxFowler.eth
@max-fowler
that people actually seem to see my casts !
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
for base, our blog (base.mirror.xyz) and twitter (buildonbase) are the best official sources. I like baseuniverse on twitter as well!
for OP Stack, too many to count - probably starting with their twitter (OptimismFND) and the OP Labs blog.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
TL;DR three big reasons
1. OAK works like a community bank where value derived from the actual money in circulation gets to be reinvested in the community
2. local currencies increase the "velocity of money," so every unit of currency does more circulation among local business before ejecting out
...
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
3. it serves as an open platform & schelling point for other builders to create powerful onchain tools for the city!
there's a really long history of study of community currencies that pre-dates crypto. people powered money gives a pretty great overview of it:
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
we're still really early overall, but I'm excited about where we're heading - stay tuned :)
Steve
@sdv.eth
In case of an investigation by any federal entity or similar, I do not have any involvement with this group or with the people in it, I do not know how I am here, probably added by a third party, I do not support any actions by the members of this group.
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
base is an open, decentralized, permissionless ethereum L2, running the same OSS OP Stack code as other chains (e.g. OP Mainnet, Zora Network) and providing consistent guarantees for users, developers, etc.
we'll talking in a lot more details in the next few weeks as we come to mainnet — thanks for your patience!
Tom Leveen
@tomleveen
so…if i understood about 25% of that… what’s my next move? 😆
Cassie Heart
@cassie
This response is frustrating for many reasons. It doesn't answer the question at all, and it just isn't true. The long term goal may be decentralization (and the other stated properties which come _from_ it), it is not. Base has a centralized sequencer. CB has to comply. I can connect the dots. This was why I quit CB.
dcposch.eth
@dcposch.eth
FWIW I think true permissionlessness is part of the draw of the OP “superchain” with shared sequencers
Cassie Heart
@cassie
So long as those sequencers are individually operated and run by entities that find themselves forced to comply with outdated regulations, they will be forced to censor and trap funds. This is what bothers me so much — it’s crypto only in name.
Tayyab
@tayyab
I respect your opinion, Cassie. But, the alternative being no L2s? I understand your concern with Sequencers, I’ve been thinking about it’s implications as well.
Akira
@akira
Nice. Glad to hear you got there safely. Just found the gh. Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Cassie Heart
@cassie
The current reality of L2s is one of varying degrees of decentralization. By far, Polygon zkEVM is closest although it does have a centralized prover, but it is different in that it cannot censor/lock up funds. Their security council leaves something to be desired tho (can upgrade contracts at whim of multisig)
Danny
@ds
What about scroll?
Cassie Heart
@cassie
Scroll isn’t on mainnet yet, and to my knowledge does not have forced L1 inclusion, but when those things are added (or when provers/sequencers are decentralized), awesome 😄
Canada
@canada
Good points...they do have just one toe in the pool at this time, but maybe there is a plan to change that down the road. The do have a decentralized mindset...
Uncle Davo
@uncledavo
Awesome, have a bunch of base and op related twitter accounts as the bulk of content source, but will make sure we have those blogs. Thanks!
CryptoChem
@cryptochem
awesome to hear!
CryptoChem
@cryptochem
Following up on this, if you have interest check out Archway it’s a L1 that just launched with a pretty robust value distribution mechanisms for app developers.
One of the founders was former Head of Product at ConsenSys and Tendermint previously.
Bonus beautiful landing page and design.
Archwayl.io
CryptoChem
@cryptochem
Following up on this, if you have interest check out Archway it’s a L1 that just launched with a pretty robust value distribution mechanisms for app developers.
One of the founders was former Head of Product at ConsenSys and Tendermint previously.
Bonus beautiful landing page and design.
Archway.io
Gregor
@gregor
6 days late, but if you could snap your fingers and have a social product built on farcaster with 10k DAU, what would you want it to be?
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
something that increases the quality and throughput of content in the overall onchain feed (farcaster + NFTs)
Gregor
@gregor
interesting. if the app was a topical niche I.E. 70s movie enthusiasts, shoes, animation, construction. but served multiple perposes I.E. social + marketplace. What niches would you pick?
Gregor
@gregor
what niches+utilities would you pick*
Jesse Pollak 🔵
@jessepollak.eth
my niche is ethereum / crypto so think i'm already pretty well covered by existing warpcaster / farcaster network
Gregor
@gregor
No interests outside crypto?
Not trolling, curious. Always trying to think of crypto/dctrl + (a)x (y) = 🕺🏿