NOTICE: ALL VC CAPITAL HAS BEEN RETURNED. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN "STEWARDSHIP" MODE.      STAY TUNED FOR UPCOMING PADEL TOURNAMENTS.      HUMANITY FEE STATUS: COLLECTING.

farpcaster® Consulting Group specializes in sufficiently decentralized social engineering and strategic attention consulting, with a particular focus on post-VC (a.k.a. "capital-resistant") protocols. We are experts in planning and executing transitions from venture-backed experiments to community stewardship.

Our founder, Dr. Dan W. Romero, recently retired from a 10+-year career in the Silicon Valley ecosystem where he was a Vice President at Coinbase and head of the "Just Buy Some Bitcoin" team. Dr. Romero is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Sunglasses Aesthetics at the UCLA School of Vibes, an Affiliate Faculty member of the Paul G. Allen School of Padel Court Reservations, and a Member of the Sufficiently Decentralized Council.

Dr. Romero also currently serves as Treasurer of the International Association for Cast Management (IACM) and as a Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Sunglasses Opera. Dr. Romero received his S.B. in Padel Studies, S.M. in Protocol Management, and Ph.D. in Optimistic Social Theory from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008, 2010, and 2012, respectively.

For more information about our services or to discuss your particular problem area (e.g. why your Frames don't work), please send email to info@farpcaster.com.

a headshot photograph of Dan Romero wearing very expensive sunglasses while standing on a padel court

Fig 1. Dr. Romero (2026) shot through a portion of a mesh fence at the Merkle Padel Club.

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