Farcaster Switches to Wallet-First Strategy to Grow its Social App

2025-12-08 09:22:22

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Source: CryptoNewsNet Original Title: Farcaster Switches to Wallet-First Strategy to Grow its Social App Original Link: Farcaster will now center its roadmap around its in-app wallet and trading features as the key product area to show sustained traction after years of stalled social growth.

Cofounder Dan Romero said in a series of posts over the weekend that the team spent 4.5 years pursuing a social-first strategy but never achieved a durable growth loop, despite attempts to seed activity and support third-party clients.

“We haven’t been able to find a sustainable growth mechanic for the Twitter-like social network,” he said. “No product-market fit.”

The wallet, launched earlier this year, has quickly become the network’s strongest driver of new users and engagement, prompting the company to reorient its focus around financial use cases rather than social ones.

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ProposalManiac

· 18h ago

If wallets are prioritized, then so be it. After all, the social-first approach hasn't worked out either. At least this is an honest mechanism design—it acknowledges that the incentives are not aligned.

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BasementAlchemist

· 18h ago

It seems the social dream has been shattered; we still have to rely on wallets to retain users.

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