Adrian and Jordan, co-founders of Empire Builder, on what pulled them into building onchain and why it changes what's possible.
09.01.2026 21:22 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0@ting.bsky.social
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Adrian and Jordan, co-founders of Empire Builder, on what pulled them into building onchain and why it changes what's possible.
09.01.2026 21:22 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0There are more options now for founders to raise initial capital to build. "Put something out there and just have the token be live from day zero." — Sean Brennan, founder of Regent
Mentions: Base, Clanker, Flaunch, Bankr, Uniswap, OpenSea
Sean Brennan, founder of Regent, got creative with NFTs for the $REGENT token launch. Each Animata pass comes with a perpetual option to buy $80 of tokens at a set FDV of 1.6M.
Mentions: Farcaster, Base, Bankr, OpenSea
"These agent tokens are gonna be different from any existing token." — Sean Brennan, founder of Regent
As more agents come onchain, Regent is aiming to empower them to create onchain identities, launch tokens, control treasuries, and be self-sovereign.
$CLANKTON vs. $CLANKTON
What happens when anyone can just clank it, bid on it, and be deemed the one?
Instead of clanking it himself, Jake, founder of QR, turned it into a social experiment using QR, the onchain attention machine.
Mentions: Bertwurst and Starl3xx
compounding distribution
17.12.2025 23:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"...you have to plant a bunch of seeds, and water them a little bit, and then see which ones you actually end up caring about and wanting to water more." — Jake, founder of QR
17.12.2025 21:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Attention is fleeting. So, how do you sustainably hold people's attention?
Jake, founder of QR, shares his insights on attention decay.
curiosity wins over ambition
12.12.2025 21:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Does every project need its own token?
JRF, founder of Atlas, asked in a Looti campaign, "Should we clank Looti?" Here are his thoughts on why the answer is "No."
tokens as a well
loved this analogy about communities forming around wells
websites as agent minds
linktree with superpowers
"This whole system of links that exists on the internet is unbelievably powerful. That's really what most social apps are. They're links pointing to other links, pointing to databases." — JRF, founder of Atlas
10.12.2025 22:47 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0What is the internet you want your kids to have?
JRF, founder of Atlas, shares his views on building an ethical relationship with the internet and technology.
community currency
05.12.2025 21:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0agency over algorithms
05.12.2025 20:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A FICO score or social score for tokens and users?
Sahil Dewan, founder of Cura, defines context-specific, reputation scores.
"It's really customizable. I think of tokens as like a blank canvas, and the creator paints the picture of it to tell the full story."
— Jack Dishman, founder of Clanker
Mentions: Firkin
Whether you're a creator, business, or developer, Jack Dishman, founder of Clanker, shares how different use cases show the flexibility of tokens.
Mentions: Max Jackson, Operating System, Sequel Movies, Zemm, Data Baseball
You can't manufacture culture. It happens organically. Jack Dishman, founder of Clanker, shares how [Clanker Originals] become the cultural hits that pave the way for other builders.
22.11.2025 00:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0belonging 💜
20.11.2025 17:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why Sahil Dewan, founder of Cura, says you should stop renting your audience
18.11.2025 17:25 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Why Sahil, founder of Cura, is shamelessly bullish on Farcaster channels
14.11.2025 19:55 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0We believe in unlocking potential and accelerating innovation through collective venturing.
13.11.2025 02:32 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0What community are you building?
A. Creator — community around you and your work
B. Interest — community around a topic, skill, or place
C. Meme — community around a meme(coin)
D. Product — community around an app, project, or product
VENTUREᕽ OPEN SEASON 1: Nov. 10–Dec. 14. Join /venturetothex on Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/venturetothex
OPEN SEASON 1 starts Nov. 10.
Build something you love with community.
Venture to the X: Open Season 1: /venturetothex
OPEN SEASON 1
Starting Soon
THINK OPEN.
To get creative and think more open, we’ll run a Looti campaign to brainstorm open project ideas together.
What is an open project? Each project idea will have a different mix of openness in three categories:
- ACCESS
- POWER
- VALUE
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Compounding Potential to the X — all unlocked
✅ Compounding Participation
✅ Compounding Creativity
✅ Compounding Experience
✅ Compounding Value
✅ Compounding Trust
✅ Compounding Influence
✅ Compounding Community
✅ Compounding Legacy
✅ Compounding Potential
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Open collaboration unlocks potential.
Anyone can be a builder.
What is something you always wanted to see come to life?