From Coinbase Employee #20 to Building Farcaster with Dan Romero

Mint Season 6 episode 20 welcomes Dan Romero, Co-Founder of Farcaster, the sufficiently decentralized social network. Throughout the hour we discuss his thesis for web3, the current state of web3 social, building an audience as a crypto-native creator, what it means to be sufficiently decentralized, how web3 will beat the bots, and so much more.Previously, Dan was the 20th employee at Coinbase and is an active early-stage angel investor across web2 and web3.I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.  Time Stamps00:09 - Intro03:37 - Dan’s Original Thesis For Web307:37 - The Current State of Web3 Social19:23 - Problems to Fix With a Web3 Social Graph31:19 - Building an Audience as a Crypto-Native Creator36:18 - Measuring the Success of a Creator In Web345:46 - What is Decentralized On Farcaster?53:25 - How Do You See Clients For Farcaster Evolving?01:02:15 - How Do We Beat the Bots?01:03:29 - Incentives For Developers to Build On Top of Farcaster01:05:56 - OutroAdditional ResourcesDan’s TwitterFarcasterEpisode Timestamps and Transcripts---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim Season 6 NFThttps://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 6's NFT Sponsors🌿Lens ProtocolLens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users. Learn more by visiting: https://lens.xyz/(🍄,🔍) Bello: The #1 for blockchain analytics tool for web3 creatorsBello is the no-code blockchain analytics tool that empowers web3 creators and communities with actionable insights on their collectors through a simple search.Join private Beta: https://www.bello.lol/join---------------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe to newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLenster:https://lenster.xyz/u/levychain.lensLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io/mint