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Daniel Fernandes

Daniel Fernandes

@dfern.eth.xyz

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Software Engineer interested in chip design, compchem/bio, crypto & DWeb tech. Also on Farcaster! (https://farcaster.xyz/dfern.eth)

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Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · Dec 7

Just changed my handle — FYI I plan to use this did mostly to talk about atproto, ethereum, dweb, and other cypherpunk/privacy stuff. Still mainly on Farcaster, but I'll hang around for the BSKY airdrop🤞😏

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 3d

For Farcaster Miniapps, it's iframes on Desktop/Mobile browsers and OS WebViews on the mobile app

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 6d

relevant xkcd xkcd.com/1054/

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 6d

Big fan of Logos/Status

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 8d

The Base App is a Farcaster client. Someone told me there's a way to use social features without an FC account, but I haven't found it, and perhaps they were getting confused with Zora.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 8d

Oh nvm then. I'm curious what app he was thinking about.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 8d

The Base App certainly comes from Coinbase, Farcaster absolutely didn't come from Coinbase. Not sure if you or your friend was insinuating the latter.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

There are campaign staff on here for politicians, I wouldn't say actual politicians are posting here in a personal capacity, maybe you can name 1 like AOC, even less so across the political spectrum, which makes it just inviable as a town square currently.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

Murtaza Hussain & other Drop Site News folks. Athletes like Spencer Dinwiddie. Musicans like Waka Flocka. Even the dude who invented Spikeball.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

This is just false. Like saying stablecoins will never find PMF.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

Yes actually, more diverse userbase across the political spectrum in the US & more international users, especially in Nigeria, India, and Vietnam, who have earned their first crypto just from tips, not even buying crypto.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

Bluesky's numbers are also declining, so I'm not sure what the point is of that attempted dunk.

It's not a betting market, it's a wallet, you can buy BTC/ETH/SOL. And it's a vibrant open social network for the masses, now that it's free to sign up.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

Somewhat, but they "mean it" in the sense that they don't use Bitcoin for anything, not even identity. Pretty vacuous.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

Nah, way more cypherpunks on there than here, similar to Nostr

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 9d

Freedom of speech & freedom to transact belong together.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 14d

there was lost of consternation about this, but ultimately it became too confusing to explain to ppl, just like the difference between Bluesky & ATProto. You have to bite the bullet at one end and it's easier to explain later once they see the value.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 14d

My Hot takes are: (1) WaPo is attempting to overcorrect here for being owned by Bezos & (2) failing to do so because the real problem with Ring is that all inference is done on AWS...when instead they could allow for local inference & non-custodial data storage

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Edmund Edgar @goat.navy · 15d

I don't think we can pitch decentralization as a solution to people who want a bad account banned because they're not trying to fix what they see in their own feeds, they're trying to control what I see in mine.

Fixing their own feeds is already accomplished by blocking and going on with your day

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tree 木 @tree.fail · 17d

A truly neutral platform will host people you consider evil. If it doesn't, it's not neutral - it just agrees with you.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 18d

They are! They post on actually decentralized platforms like Farcaster & Lens. ATProto doesn't have a monopoly on decentralization and given there are only 2 non-decentralized did's here, it's hard to argue we've reached an optimal state.

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 18d

Hell yes. d/acc

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 18d

Thanks, was just about to ask how you were able to separate out the blobs

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 18d

Wouldn't want all the cascoin to go missing after your mysterious demise in India

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 18d

The POIDH (pics or it didn't happen) miniapp on Farcaster crowdfunded a bounty for the most kickflips in a minute and Dave here just broke the world record!
farcaster.xyz/davebachinsk...

A decentralized social network

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 19d

Big fan of BOLD

Daniel Fernandes @dfern.eth.xyz · 19d

That's fair. I don't know why investing between Europe & US needs to be so difficult. It's a bit ridiculous this hasn't been solved already and more of an indictment of the existing system than Robinhood.