{"id":"varun-srinivasan","version":1,"language":"en","title":" Varun Srinivasan","hidden":false,"content":"**Varun Srinivasan** is a Co-Founder of [Farcaster](https://iq.wiki/wiki/farcaster), a decentralized platform designed for constructing social networks within the [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) ecosystem. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-s88ui3cxser)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-26csj1uoqrz)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-jdh3yrhrqwk)  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nVarun Srinivasan attended Carnegie Mellon University and studied for a B.S. degree in Information Systems from 2006 to 2010. He was also a Y Combinator fellow in 2013. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-s88ui3cxser)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nIn October 2010, Varun joined Microsoft as the PM for OneNote until May 2013. In June 2013, he co-founded SoundFocus[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-baa2a4fn24g), a San Francisco, CA-based startup creating personalized mobile audio products. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-s88ui3cxser)  \n  \nIn April 2015, Varun joined [Coinbase](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase) as a Software Engineer. By November 2018, he had moved to the role of Senior Director of the platform. He left [Coinbase](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase) in October 2019. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-s88ui3cxser)  \n  \n## Farcaster  \n  \nIn October 2020,  Varun Srinivasan co-founded [Farcaster](https://iq.wiki/wiki/farcaster) alongside [Dan Romero](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dan-romero). Farcaster is described in its own documentation, as a \"sufficiently decentralized social network built on [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum).\" [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-s88ui3cxser)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-jdh3yrhrqwk)  \n  \nIt 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. 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. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-jdh3yrhrqwk)  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](vMWjol6xHJ0)$$  \n  \nOn January 26, 2024, daily active users on Farcaster surged following the launch of a new feature, Frames. Frames turn Farcaster-based posts into interactive mini-apps, allowing users to mint[ NFTs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft), play games, and use instant checkouts directly from their social feed without leaving the platform. 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