Jonny and Ted share their reactions and thoughts on the potential impact of Warpcast’s newest features: blocks, boosts, and $5 USDC Warpcast rewards. For the hundredth time, they also explore specific ways in which channel could be a viable pathway to scale the best aspects of Farcaster that they remember from the early days: finding and building authentic community. Last, they visit the potential of mini apps and deep links as a richer UX and dev solution to the limitations of frames.

00:00 Introduction: rebrand and Jonny’s design process

03:30 Blocks: how can this enhance (or hurt) user control over conversations?

10:15: $5 USDC Warpcast Rewards and Boosts: will this actually result in quality content from new users?

20:00: Reply Culture: how can we recreate engagement from early days?

27:00: Channels: how can channels scale the network?

36:00: Channel Ecosystem: what are specific ideas to help improve channel content?

40:00: Mini-apps: could these be the next solution for a richer dev and user experience?