Network A is Cohost.org, a Twitter alternative social media site that launched in Nov 2022, and shut down on 1 Oct 2024.
Network B is Farcaster, a VC-backed web3 protocol that announced permissionless signups on 11 Oct 2023[^1], and[^2] announced a soft pivot on 3 Oct 2025.
sources: Wikipedia + Dune + "I made it up"[^3]
Three[sic] benefits of integrating crypto in a new project:
- provides deep pockets a reason to invest
- incentivizes people to poke around and try stuff, particularly if it's a real project and not a clear scam-in-the-making
- onchain smart contracts (e.g., user accounts) provide transparency, arms-length decentralization, portability, composability. All can outlive the project itself
- self-identifies with tribal associations. Cohost and Farcaster had about 3k true believers around the same time, yet everybody on Crypto Twitter knows the Farcaster brand, while Cohost remained fringe and niche
[^1]: the user count reflects a love-hate relationship with bot accounts: usef...
