The Farcaster protocol has reached a recent peak of organic growth, with frequent actions in recent days. Besides announcing the upcoming launch of a Pro protocol paid subscription, as the application is about to be renamed Farcaster, the wallet and Mini App have also officially integrated with Solana.
Behind the growth, BlockBeats discovered that the exploration of content tipping and creator incentives on the Farcaster protocol has entered a new stage. The image below is a screenshot of the in-app wallet shared by Farcaster co-creator Dan, showing multiple small transfers received through noice and Tipn, both of which are popular creator tipping tools in the Farcaster ecosystem recently.
One Penny per Like
Noice is a Mini App built into the Farcaster client, combining product forms from Degen, time.fun, Frien.Tech, and other previously validated social products, mainly including the following mechanisms:
First is the tipping mechanism, where every interaction on the user's timeline (such as liking, reposting, commenting) can be accompanied by a tip, currently using USDC, with plans to support tipping with any token in the future.
Additionally, any user can request specific forms of interaction from other users, including likes, comments, reposts, follows, private messages, group chats, and even one-on-one calls.
Noice also has a daily incentive section where the user with the highest daily tipping amount will receive an additional 100 USDC incentive, encouraging more interaction with the "more tips, more rewards" approach.
To use Noice, users simply need to search for it in the Farcaster Mini Apps market, then set their Tip amount. For example, the image below means that user actions like liking, reposting, or commenting will tip the post creator 0.01 USDC.
The Noice website indicates that $NOICE will be airdropped in one month, with specific details yet to be announced, but the total airdrop amount will increase based on real-time network user usage, currently at $1.8 million.
Dominating the "Base Billboard"
Noice, launched just two days ago, has multiple times won auctions for the QR code entrance on qrcoin.fun, a Base ecosystem QR code display platform. qrcoin, previously retweeted and supported by Base officials, saw its platform token $QR rise in sync with Noice's market performance.
According to the official website, Noice will next launch a Creator Tokens module, allowing creators to issue their own tokens. For example, user @tike can create a personal token called $tk, which can be used when tipping others. At the same time, when anyone requests a like, call, follow, or comment from @tike, the token will be burned.
In its integration plan with Zora, holding a creator's token (such as $jesse) will grant 1% equity in their future content token, and also earn transaction fees from these token trades.
Noice also plans to introduce tipping and access mechanisms to X, allowing users to tip or buy interaction rights directly on the timeline without switching apps, enabling smooth fund flow.
Finally, Noice will integrate with Solana, supporting users in tipping with any token from the Solana ecosystem on X, and deploying Creator Tokens simultaneously on Base and Solana to further expand its scope and liquidity.
Noice's mechanism easily reminds people of DEGEN, the earliest social tipping token in the Farcaster ecosystem. However, due to changes in the crypto market environment, the Farcaster ecosystem's understanding of "social assets" has changed dramatically. DEGEN was more of a projection of community sentiment and a humorous value consensus, while $NOICE attempts to introduce a more direct economic incentive structure, explicitly linking interaction behaviors with fund flow.
To some extent, it represents a transition from a "cultural symbol" to a "functional asset". Compared to DEGEN's emotion-driven approach, whether $NOICE can forge a more sustainable path depends on whether it can truly establish high-frequency interaction scenarios and long-term demand beyond its incentive model.
Today coincides with the global largest "read it later" tool Pocket announcing its shutdown. In the past, we always saved interesting content, hoping that a "future self" would have time to read it. However, the reality is that most saved links were never actually opened. We don't lack time, but lack the attention to truly focus. Farcaster's Tip tool seems to offer a new empowering answer.
Recently, with the Base ecosystem not having too many hot topics since the controversial Zora airdrop, readers focusing on the Base ecosystem can pay more attention to Farcaster to find Alpha opportunities.
Although Noice has currently sparked widespread attention in the Farcaster community and shown some user growth potential, it needs to be noted that the project is still in its early stages, with token models, governance mechanisms, and long-term application scenarios not yet fully implemented. The $NOICE token currently mainly relies on short-term activity driven by airdrop expectations. BlockBeats reminds readers to fully assess their own risk tolerance and be wary of structural fluctuations behind project hype before participating in related interactions or purchasing tokens. This article is for project sharing purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
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