Farcaster Dev Call

Composer Actions, Hubble Updates / Sync Status, and Warpcast Improvements

July 2, 2024

July 2, 2024

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@dylsteck.eth

@dylsteck.eth

TLDR

Hubble's nodes are over 11,000 with gossip flooding fixed in v1.13.5. New force sync aids network divergence. Link defragmentation is monitored. Warpcast sync targets 1-minute delays. Hub storage, now 130 GB, could reach 500 GB in 6-12 months. Proposed FIP suggests a 20% storage unit reduction. Composer actions for third-party app integration are prototyping soon. Decentralized channels and Warpcast feed improvements are also underway.

HUBBLE — @sanjay, @wazzymandias, @sds

  • Number of nodes up to 11,000+.

  • Experiencing gossip flooding — v1.13.5 is out with fixes.

  • Network divergence — new force sync to allow easy catchup, reach out if affected.

  • Link defragmentation — can potentially cause sync issues, being tracked

  • Warpcast Sync Status — status.warpcast.com (trending up, targeting 1 min max delays)

STORAGE REDUCTION - @wazzymandias

  • Current hub size is 130 GB+, could grow to ~ 500GB in 6-12 months.

  • Proposed FIP — reduce storage unit size by 20% keep cost the same, could help even more in the future

COMPOSER ACTIONS — @deodad, @horsefacts

  • Inspired by External Cast Data spec

  • The goal is to make it easy for third party apps to augment casts

    • This could also help with frame discoverability, which has been a pain point for devs

  • How it’d work

    • There would be a new action type called form that would return an embedded iframe that shows up in/can modify the cast composer

    • This lines up with how cast action data is created/returned too -- could expand to other contexts in the future as well

    • Still prototyping, but a v1 could come out this week with a focus on specific use cases(polls, events, and bounties)

      • More hard-coded for v1 as a POC, but this could expand into an App Store-like model

  • Full Spec: https://warpcast.notion.site/Draft-Composer-Actions-7f2b8739ee8447cc8a6b518c234b1eeb?pvs=74

PROGRAMMABLE DIRECT CASTS — @v

  • Usage growing slower than expected (20 unique senders, 5k messages per day)

    • Not growing fast enough where they can grow it, the Warpcast team should/will be prioritizing:

      • Composer actions

      • Making frames faster

      • Integrating better with other wallets in mobile

  • DC quality also moderate — some interesting apps, but few and far between.

  • Planning to wait and see if there is more usage or uptake before we decentralized further.

DECENTRALIZED CHANNELS — @dwr

  • Still trying to figure out how to increase casting in channels

    • If unable to do that, then spending time to decentralize the primitive would be a mistake

  • Warpcast is shipping all these other features(long casts, streaks etc) to try and push more interesting content & help with this problem

WARPCAST FEED IMPROVEMENTS — @akshaan, @cmlad.eth, @piril

  • New ways to report a cast from the feed

  • Keyword muting

  • Spam detection & priority mode