Lens

New Social Layer. Frontier apps: @orb_club and @thefireflyapp

[Lens @LC]

Today, we’re proud to share that @masknetwork will steward the next chapter for Lens, bringing the strongest onchain SocialFi foundation to life through intuitive, consumer-ready applications.

[Lens @LC]

👀👀👀

[Mask Network (mask.io) @masknetwork]

brain: offline
hotpot: pending
Monday: 👀

[Mask Network (mask.io) @masknetwork]

There probably isn't one app that fixes privacy.
It's a stack.
Different tools for different layers.
Social is one layer, not the whole thing.

[Lens @LC]

web2 handle model in one screenshot:
30 years as muse
now @museband
so an agent can be @muse

a lens handle doesn't work like that.
it's yours.
no signup.
never lost.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Mark Zuckerberg faces backlash after Meta takes over the @‍muse Instagram handle for its new AI product, forcing the world-famous band Muse to switch to @‍museband.

[Lens @LC]

@amar_ant @zksync @masknetwork Thanks for the feedback. We’ll look into the issue and follow up.

[Lens @LC]

Today, @zksync announced new security measures and the eventual retirement of the EraVM execution environment.

For Lens:
• Required security patches have been adopted
• We’re not aware of any anomalous batches affecting our deployment
• No action is required from Lens users

[ZKsync @zksync]

Today we announce security upgrades for ZKsync chains.

Over the next 6 months, all Boojum/EraVM chains will begin deprecating the legacy execution environment, with each chain setting & communicating its own timeline. Your action may soon be required.

Here’s what's changing 🧵

[Lens @LC]

@amar_ant @zksync @masknetwork Hi, could you check whether your wallet is currently selected to the Lens Chain and whether you have any GHO available?

If gas is the issue and you don’t have any GHO, feel free to DM us your wallet address, and we can send you some to help out 🙌

[Lens @LC]

@amar_ant @zksync @masknetwork You can move ETH, USDC and GHO through the official Lens Bridge: https://t.co/rm7Pfe4Hi2

That’s the canonical route.

[Lens @LC]

interop <3

[Hey @heydotxyz]

Hey now supports creating polls directly within posts.

You can participate in polls fully onchain.

The poll infrastructure is powered by @orb_club polling system.
👉 https://t.co/orWtltNm2F

[Mask Network (mask.io) @masknetwork]

The web didn't become infrastructure because everyone used the same browser.

It became infrastructure because different people could build on the same underlying layer.

Social should work the same way.

[kimmo @KimmoOrb]

Farcaster needs a new steward. Many worry who will buy it and what they will do to it. The fix is easy. Get the protocol past the point where it needs a steward. Clients will come and go.

I heard in the recent fc community call that if you can't run a client directly off the protocol, then the protocol is not complete. Complete means more than just read and write. You should be able to replay and verify the whole history, without trusting whoever pays the s3 infra bill. Also the canonical record should not depend on a handful of validator keys from the steward itself. We're crypto. Let's do crypto.

A lot has changed in Ethereum since Farcaster and Lens were born. Blobs are extremely exciting. Data is pruned but commitments are kept. Anyone can rehost this pruned data anywhere (laptop, pinning services, clients) and this data can be verified against the chain. Batched and compressed writes get cheap enough that any client can sponsor them. Or you could be a punk and pay for your posts, follows, blocks and more.

Ethereum can and should become the superset of all social. A future where anyone can read, write, verify and rebuild. Social can be a public good, not something you rent. If there is onchain state that is replicable then the stewards can come and go. That's what I want to build. New social. Less centralization. Let's be friends and do this together.

[Lens @LC]

Hi Lens friends,
Should we bid on Farcaster? 👀🍵

[rish @rish_neynar]

update on @farcaster_xyz, @clanker_world and @neynarxyz

we’ve started a process to look for a new home / team to run the products going forward.

earlier this year, this seemed to be a good fit for our team: it was a developer-first network, and we'd been serving developers from the start. There’s been a lot of change since then and we’re not the right fit for what’s needed next.

talking to a few teams we think could be a good fit for running decentralized social apps and related developer products. If you’ve thoughts / are interested, reach out.

our company will return its balance sheet (most of it remains) and team members will move on to something new.

this is not a decision we made lightly. I’m optimistic that with this next iteration, Farcaster will find its long term fit.

it’s loved enough that it’s unlikely to simply perish - thanks to all of you, and lindy-ness.

[Lens @LC]

this!

[Mask Network (mask.io) @masknetwork]

We've been thinking about the same problem from different angles:

Privacy without losing trust.
Identity without permanent exposure.
Reputation without giving up pseudonymity.

We've lived in the top half for a long time. The interesting work now is in the bottom half, and beyond.

The endgame isn't one universal identity.
It's infrastructure where trust travels without identity having to.

[kimmo @KimmoOrb]

Wrote smth about @lc, @orb_club and decentralized social. Future looks bright but tons to build and we wanted it yesterday https://t.co/MEYB3GSOZ5

[Lens @LC]

@faucetojisan 生きとるで！でも久しぶりの一言目からワレェは圧強すぎるって。まずは優しく久しぶり！って言うところからいこか

[Lens @LC]

Happy Birthday dear @ethereum

[Mask Network (mask.io) @masknetwork]

Every great social protocol starts with a friend.
We've saved you a spot.
Happy International Friendship Day💙💚💜🧡

[Lens @LC]

generate your recap card

[orb.club @orb_club]

WC went by so fast.
Thank you all for participating.
New things soon

[Lens @LC]

@orb_club this was wild

[orb.club @orb_club]

WC went by so fast.
Thank you all for participating.
New things soon

[orb.club @orb_club]

He bathed him as a baby. Now the kid is all that stands between him and one last World Cup.

[Lens @LC]

Institutions don't need your passport.

They need a reputation they can verify and rules they can trust to enforce it.

Onchain social gives them both.

That's what turns compliance from friction into a feature.

[Firefly ✨ Everything App @thefireflyapp]

https://t.co/Y0OoRDeZ4m