Lens Protocol
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A permissionless, composable, & decentralized social graph that makes building a Web3 social platform easy. From the team that brought you the Aave Protocol.
Mask Network became the new steward of Lens
Lens Labs announced that Mask Network would steward the next chapter of Lens, shifting focus from protocol infrastructure to consumer-ready SocialFi applications.
Lens Chain mainnet launched with V3 on zkSync and Avail
Lens went live on its own EVM-compatible chain built with ZKsync and Avail for data availability, migrating V2 data from Polygon in what it called the largest migration to date, and releasing Lens V3.
Lens closed a $31 million strategic raise led by Lightspeed Faction
The round, with participants including Circle, Consensys, Avail and Wintermute Ventures, was raised to build out Lens Network, a high-performance L2 blockchain for SocialFi applications.
Lens exited beta and entered its permissionless phase
After a community vote through Lens Improvement Proposals (LIPs), Lens opened profile minting to anyone, moving out of beta and into a permissionless phase.
Lens V2 launched on Polygon mainnet
Announced at Devconnect Istanbul, Lens V2 brought greater composability, profile switching, and standalone primitives, in what the project called its first large-scale protocol migration across apps.
Lens Protocol raised $15 million in a seed round led by IDEO CoLab Ventures
The raise included General Catalyst, Variant, Blockchain Capital and several DAOs, and was earmarked to expand the protocol's ecosystem and development as a social layer for Web3.
Lens Protocol V1 launched on Polygon mainnet
Lens went live on Polygon mainnet with Profile NFT minting, enabling creators to own their profiles and portable social graph. More than 50 projects had already been built on the protocol at launch.
Lens Protocol announced and launched on the Polygon Mumbai testnet
Lens Protocol, a permissionless decentralized social graph being built by the Aave team, was made available on Polygon's Mumbai testnet after an onchain Open Letter invited the community to participate.