# Farcaster

> A sufficiently decentralized social network

Farcaster is an open social network built for the crypto community. 

Farcaster is an open protocol that supports many clients, similar to mailboxes. It aims to provide a platform where users can control their data, freely migrate social identities between applications and developers can build apps without needing permission from the network.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2021-12-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Farcaster

## Products

- [Farcaster](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Farcaster): Farcaster is a sufficiently decentralized social network built on Ethereum. Farcaster’s tech stack primarily comprises an ID system, apps, and hubs. (Social Infrastructure, Live, Main Product)
- [Snapchain](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Farcaster): Snapchain is a blockchain-like data storage layer for the Farcaster network. It implements a sequentially hashed log structure for transaction ordering and cryptographic verification, enabling higher throughput and data consistency across the network. (Decentralized File Storage, In Development)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.farcaster.xyz)
- [Documentation](https://docs.farcaster.xyz)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/farcaster_xyz)
- [Farcaster](https://warpcast.com/farcaster)

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- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP