# Posting

## What is Farcaster?

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[Farcaster](https://www.farcaster.xyz/?ref=blog.thirdweb.com) is a decentralized protocol designed specifically for building and connecting social apps. It aims to create a censorship-free environment where users have full control over their data and audience.\
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To achieve this, Farcaster employs a sufficiently decentralized network architecture that lets users control their social graph and enables them to interact with various apps on the network via a single identity.

Picture it as a unified platform where social apps like X, Instagram, and Facebook coexist and users can connect them all with one decentralized ID. This means even if any app imposes restrictions, users still have their identity and can seamlessly migrate their connections to alternative apps on the network. \
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Now, imagine earning $LORE for "casting" posts... A beautiful vision, right?

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