DAU再次新高，「Base后花园」Farcaster有哪些新进展？

Original author: shushu

Last night, the price of AERO exceeded US$1.9, and the Base ecological TVL also exceeded US$4 billion; on April 6, the number of single-day transactions on Base reached 2.4436 million, a record high. In addition, since March 14, the Base network has still The number of transactions in a single day has exceeded 1.1 million. At the same time as these eye-catching data, the DAU of social protocol Farcaster has also recently reached a second small wave, breaking through all-time highs.

Farcasters first wave of user growth was in early February 2024, when Warpcast, Farcasters largest front-end protocol, launched the new Frame feature, which added a lot of interactivity to social applications. At the same time, meme coins with Farcaster-related concepts such as DEGEN, FAR, and FRAME have also attracted a group of people who are not Farcaster users to register accounts. But as the market calmed down, the hype about Farcaster gradually cooled down. However, in early March, after the Cancun upgrade was launched, the ecological activity of Base increased sharply. Meme coins headed by DEGEN injected a second wave of blood into Base and Farcaster.

A few days ago, Warpcast once again updated the in-app functionality and launched Actions functionality, which can be used to add functionality that is not a core part of the Farcaster protocol. The founder of Warpcast likens it to a Chrome extension for social applications.

The Actions function entrance is placed near the collection and sharing column below each post. The little red contained in it can further promote the tip culture. Users are not limited to just using DEGEN to reward. In addition, users can also use check FID, Give away small functions such as Warps to enhance the Warpcast experience.

In addition to seeing positive changes within the application, what cannot be ignored is the impact of activities on the Base and Zora chains that Farcaster is backed by. Thanks to Frames interactive features and long-cultivating creator culture, Farcaster has become the launching platform for Base and Zora, and many popular projects have been nurtured and born from here.

One of the criteria for some people to judge whether the Base ecological project is reliable is how it operates the Warpcast account. It can be said that Farcaster, Base and Zora achieve each other, injecting vitality into each other and forming a closed loop. What is even more noteworthy is that this time, Warpcast did not have only a wave of users appear and then disappear like in early February, but continued to be active within the application, which resulted in the current wave of stable DAU growth.

The most popular channel on Warpcast is still owned by Degen, and DEGEN, which is the meme currency of its channel, has also shed its label as a local dog and has become a hot target of speculation in the Base ecosystem today.

On March 28, Degen announced the launch of the low-cost Layer 3 blockchain Degen Chain, which further pushed the price of DEGEN to a record high and created a wave of hype on the Degen chain.

There was a lot of discussion about Layer 3 in the market last week, with mixed reviews, but there is no doubt that Degen is the first and most popular one. Due to the almost negligible gas fee and the gradual increase in the deployment of lightweight applications, Lan Lee, the developer of Degen China, hailed the launch of Degen L3 as the iPhone moment in the encryption market in an interview, saying that it will be extremely popular. The earth enriches the ecology on the chain.

Originating from Warpcast and growing up from Base, the future of DEGEN and Degen Chain still has a lot of room for imagination. At the same time, as Farcaster, the back garden of Base, if vitality continues to be injected, there will be a greater chance of creating an Alpha target.