According to Varun Srinivasan, co-founder of Farcaster, the new data layer Snapchain for the Farcaster social network will enter Alpha testing in December and is planned for a full launch in the first quarter of 2025. Snapchain is written in Rust, capable of handling over 10,000 TPS, and supports millions of daily active users. Users can create accounts by sending transactions to the registry contract on the OP Mainnet.