Farcaster - Protocol

Farcaster is a protocol created in 2021 by Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan.

#653on PLDB

5Years Old

Download source code:

git clone https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol

Farcaster is a decentralized social network built on top of Ethereum. The Layer 1 blockchain manages user identities, while a Layer 2 network propagates updates between users. It offers: Secure, memorable, and human-readable user identifiers like @alice. Real-time settlement and propagation of changes between users. Decentralized access to all data on the network at reasonable costs.

Tags: protocol, microblogging
Farcaster is developed on GitHub and has 1,913 stars
Early development of Farcaster happened in https://github.com/farcasterxyz
ActivityPub and Secure Scuttlebutt influenced the design of Farcaster
Farcaster is written in Markdown, YAML, JSON