How to grow a protocol | Dan Romero (Co-founder, Farcaster)

How can protocols attract developers, and grow beyond a community of users into a robust ecosystem of clients? Dan Romero (Cofounder, Farcaster) shares lessons learned growing Farcaster and – a protocol for building decentralized social networks – including the advice he’d give himself at the beginning of his journey. From thinking like a user to welcoming more builders, Dan’s talk covers best practices for growing protocols developers want to build on.

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