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Farcaster
On Farcaster your account is registered onchain, and your followers travel with you across any app built on it. Here is what people actually do with it, gathered from 9 solved problems and 1 Unlock.
Uses the community found
what people really do with it
The under-marketed use is follower portability: a small shop or teacher can switch apps without losing a single follower, which no web2 network offers.
from: Build a following that no platform can take away →Followers on Farcaster belong to your account, so you can move to another app without losing them. Farcaster's social graph lives on a protocol, not inside one company's app.
from: Start a business with zero money →Your Farcaster followers move with you if you change apps, so one ban cannot reset you to zero. The social graph lives on a protocol, not inside one company.
from: Turn a demonetized channel into owned income →A creator's Farcaster profile can show a wallet you can tip directly. Farcaster accounts link to wallets.
from: Send my tip straight to the creator →Your audience can come with you, too. Farcaster accounts are portable across apps.
from: Get paid after processors drop me →
Unmarketed uses
the oh! list
A free audience you own for a business with zero budget.
from: Start a business with zero money →An escape hatch for demonetized creators, not only a crypto chat app.
from: Turn a demonetized channel into owned income →Direct fan-to-creator payments with no platform cut.
from: Send my tip straight to the creator →Bands can carry their followers across apps, so a ban or algorithm change does not erase the audience.
from: Streaming pays my band almost nothing →Portable followers mean losing one app does not mean losing your audience.
from: Get paid after processors drop me →
Where it matters
who needs it most
young people in Lagos, Nairobi and Manila: Bank loans for first businesses are rare and expensive.
from: Start a business with zero money →career changers anywhere: Testing an idea for free beats quitting a job to find out.
from: Start a business with zero money →diaspora founders selling back home: USDC deposits work across borders with no merchant account.
from: Start a business with zero money →small creators in Nigeria and the Philippines: Ad revenue is low per view, so losing it hurts and alternatives matter.
from: Turn a demonetized channel into owned income →crypto and finance creators: Their topics are often flagged by ad systems.
from: Turn a demonetized channel into owned income →news and commentary channels: Sensitive topics are limited for ads but still loved by viewers who will tip.
from: Turn a demonetized channel into owned income →journalists and activists: Articles and evidence get removed under political or legal pressure.
from: Keep my work online forever →artists and designers: Portfolio platforms close and old links rot.
from: Keep my work online forever →researchers and students: Theses and datasets need a link that still works in ten years.
from: Keep my work online forever →fans of African musicians: Platform payouts are low.
from: Send my tip straight to the creator →indie writers: Patron sites take a share.
from: Send my tip straight to the creator →small streamers: Payout minimums delay income.
from: Send my tip straight to the creator →illustrators and photographers: Editions can be sold directly with a royalty set.
from: Get paid each time your art resells →musicians releasing cover art or collectibles: A collector market adds income beyond streams.
from: Get paid each time your art resells →artists in places with weak copyright enforcement: An owned contract is a public record of authorship.
from: Get paid each time your art resells →independent bands with loyal fans: Small, committed audiences pay more directly than through streams.
from: Streaming pays my band almost nothing →artists in countries Stripe does not serve: USDC works where card processors do not.
from: Streaming pays my band almost nothing →live acts: A QR code at the merch table takes tips from anywhere.
from: Streaming pays my band almost nothing →adult-adjacent and edgy creators: Legal work is often dropped by processors over risk policies.
from: Get paid after processors drop me →political commentators: Account closures can follow controversy; an owned page lowers that risk.
from: Get paid after processors drop me →creators in unsupported countries: USDC works where processors are not offered.
from: Get paid after processors drop me →researchers and archivists: Public datasets and reports stay available when sites close.
from: Keep evidence online for good →journalists: Source documents remain checkable after a takedown.
from: Keep evidence online for good →community groups: Meeting minutes and budgets stay on record.
from: Keep evidence online for good →crypto educators and explainers: Sharing a dedicated public wallet lets students see you actually use what you teach.
from: Earn from your audience and keep trust →streamers with trading audiences: A front end with your builder code earns only when viewers trade by choice, and fees are visible.
from: Earn from your audience and keep trust →newsletter writers: A public disclosure page listing every referral and fee turns honesty into a feature readers cite.
from: Earn from your audience and keep trust →
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An export tool that turns a creator's top casts each week into a ready-to-send newsletter draft, with links back to the original casts.
from: Build a following that no platform can take away →A first-customer deposit page that holds USDC in escrow until the work is delivered, then releases it.
from: Start a business with zero money →A tool that mirrors a creator's YouTube uploads list to Arweave and posts each new one to Farcaster with a tip link.
from: Turn a demonetized channel into owned income →A one-click backup that copies a creator's best posts, images and captions from social media to Arweave and returns one permanent portfolio link.
from: Keep my work online forever →A one-link tip page tied to a creator's ENS name, with a public thank-you wall and a local cash-out quote.
from: Send my tip straight to the creator →A collector page that shows which buyers paid the royalty on resale, as a badge of support.
from: Get paid each time your art resells →A gig-night QR page that takes USDC tips and shows a live supporters wall on stage.
from: Streaming pays my band almost nothing →A creator storefront that combines a USDC paywall, tip jar and Farcaster follow button in one link.
from: Get paid after processors drop me →A two-step publisher that stores a fingerprint now and the file later, with a checklist about personal data before release.
from: Keep evidence online for good →A use-proof badge: a page linking each recommended tool to your onchain use of it.
from: Earn from your audience and keep trust →
Solutions that use Farcaster
- solved problemStart a business with zero money
- solved problemTurn a demonetized channel into owned income
- solved problemKeep my work online forever
- solved problemSend my tip straight to the creator
- solved problemGet paid each time your art resells
- solved problemStreaming pays my band almost nothing
- solved problemGet paid after processors drop me
- solved problemKeep evidence online for good
- solved problemEarn from your audience and keep trust
- UnlockBuild a following that no platform can take away
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