Build SocialFi Apps Faster with Lens, Now on Mainnet

Lens is now live on mainnet, offering a simplified and complete platform to build SocialFi experiences with organic distribution and instant monetization. Whether you’re creating social networks, content platforms, prediction markets, marketplaces, or community-driven apps, Lens gives you the tools to build and scale quickly.

Here’s what Lens offers:

• Lens Chain: Scalable, fast, and low-cost transactions using the GHO stablecoin as gas.
• Social Protocol: Pre-built social primitives like accounts, feeds, and groups. Flexible and modular, the primitives can be integrated as individual features into existing apps.
• Grove: Onchain-permissioned storage for user-controlled content.
• Developer Dashboard: Manage apps, onboard users easily, and integrate without coding expertise.

Lens Chain: Scalable, Fast and Affordable

Lens Chain uses ZKsync validiums for speed and Avail for secure data availability. Transactions are fast and cost-effective, with the GHO stablecoin ensuring predictable fees. Read more about Lens Chain.

Social Primitives: Plug-and-Play Social Primitives

The Lens Social Primitives offer ready-to-use building blocks for Accounts, Usernames, Graphs, Groups, and Feeds. Customize with Rules to create new monetization models or integrate specific components into existing apps or experiences. Explore and integrate Social Primitives.

Grove: User-Controlled Storage

Grove provides user-owned storage, with onchain permissions. Users can edit or delete their content while maintaining security with blockchain access control. It’s free to use on chains like Ethereum, Base, and others. Integrate Grove into your app.

Developer Dashboard and Simplified Onboarding

The Developer Dashboard makes building onchain 10x easier, combining application management, onchain data interaction, and performance monitoring. Developers can manage apps, use sponsorships to cover user fees, and integrate with Lens Social Primitives without coding expertise. It also supports easy onboarding through Family, which provides phone or email-based logins with no seed phrases required. Check out the Dashboard and start building in minutes.

Why Build on Lens?

• Purpose-built for SocialFi: Lens has been built from the ground up for social and financial use-cases.
• Built-in Distribution: Tap into a thriving community of users and expand your reach from day one. Lens’s growing network means you don’t have to build an audience from scratch.
• Simplified UX: The Developer Dashboard, Family, and GHO as gas token remove onchain friction. Less friction. Faster launches. More focus on the product and creativity.
• Customizable Social Primitives: You can integrate social primitives like feeds, groups, and chats without extensive development, add them to an existing app or build a new one based on them. Customize them to fit your vision, add monetization, create a unique user experience.
• DeFi Integrations: Access robust DeFi tools and liquidity with seamless integrations from Uniswap, Balancer, and Chainlink. Whether your app involves tipping, subscriptions, or marketplace transactions, Lens offers reliable financial infrastructure.
• Low-Cost and Scalable: Powered by ZKsync and Avail, Lens Chain keeps fees predictable with GHO stablecoin gas payments. High transaction throughput ensures your app remains responsive, even during peak usage
• User-Owned Data: Provide users with control over their content using Grove’s onchain-permissioned storage. Build trust and transparency by ensuring users can manage their data.
• Developer Support: Get resources, credits, and technical support through the Lens Developer Program. Whether you’re an experienced builder or just starting out, the program offers what you need to scale.

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Create your free Lens account through the Developer Dashboard, and start building today.

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