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Vitalik Buterin Aped Into the Social Media App Anoncast. What's It About? - Ep. 741
Nov 29, 2024
Kartik Patel, developer of Anoncast, shares insights on this innovative anonymous social media platform rapidly gaining traction after Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin joined. He discusses the unique zero-knowledge technology that ensures user anonymity and the challenges of fostering open expression without identity tracing. Kartik reveals his favorite posts, the platform's quick evolution, and the AI's role in shaping the new social media landscape. He also reflects on the excitement around Buterin's involvement and how Anoncast manages moderation while maintaining user privacy.
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- Anoncast leverages zero-knowledge technology to provide complete anonymity for users, ensuring that even developers cannot trace identities.
- The platform has rapidly gained popularity in the crypto community, resulting in thousands of engaging posts within just over a week after launch.
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The Launch of Anoncast and Its Components
Anoncast emerged as a new platform allowing users to post anonymously using zero-knowledge (ZK) technology for verification. The platform evolved from a concept called Super Anon and is associated with the Anon meme coin, which attracted attention after it was reportedly the first coin purchased by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on the Base network. Following the anonymous token launch via a bot on Farcaster, a community formed around it, looking to create a separate identity for the Anon token. The founders aimed to create a platform that diverges from existing anonymous social media services by employing ZK proofs, ensuring that no identifying information could be traced back to the users, even by the developers themselves.
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