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The conclusion that the future of social is not crypto feels premature and honestly backwards.
The future of social is not decided by trading volume or wallet installs. It is decided by culture, shared values, and usefulness.
Crypto social hasn’t failed. It has only been underbuilt. Most projects stop at wallets tokens and incentives then copy web2 feeds. That’s a category error.
Money works in crypto because it compounds in a closed loop. Trade farm repeat. Capital begets capital. Social does not. Social needs humans, identity, context. No shortcut.
Farcaster, Base, and others respond to data from tiny user bases. They optimize for crypto natives who already trade, speculate, farm. When growth is capped, money looks like the only gravity well. But gravity is not destiny.
Read Write Own is not dead. It was never fully tried. Ownership without credible neutrality and real self custody is just themed fintech.
The brittleness shows everywhere. Few addresses driving all fees. Overnight moats vanish. Measuring success by farming is how you confuse activity for adoption. And yes it is absurd that in 2026 we still map one address to one user and call it traction.
Now look at X doing things like banning reward-for-posting apps. AI slop and reply spam killed the incentives. Financialized posting destroyed discourse. This is the proof that money alone doesn’t build culture.
The real question is not whether social should anchor to finance. It is how we bring new people without asking them to care about crypto at all.
Crypto is not tokens. It is credible neutrality, self custody, and verifiable execution. Defaults, not features.
Money has been crypto’s first language, not its final form.
The future of social is not decided by trading volume or wallet installs. It is decided by culture, shared values, and usefulness.
Crypto social hasn’t failed. It has only been underbuilt. Most projects stop at wallets tokens and incentives then copy web2 feeds. That’s a category error.
Money works in crypto because it compounds in a closed loop. Trade farm repeat. Capital begets capital. Social does not. Social needs humans, identity, context. No shortcut.
Farcaster, Base, and others respond to data from tiny user bases. They optimize for crypto natives who already trade, speculate, farm. When growth is capped, money looks like the only gravity well. But gravity is not destiny.
Read Write Own is not dead. It was never fully tried. Ownership without credible neutrality and real self custody is just themed fintech.
The brittleness shows everywhere. Few addresses driving all fees. Overnight moats vanish. Measuring success by farming is how you confuse activity for adoption. And yes it is absurd that in 2026 we still map one address to one user and call it traction.
Now look at X doing things like banning reward-for-posting apps. AI slop and reply spam killed the incentives. Financialized posting destroyed discourse. This is the proof that money alone doesn’t build culture.
The real question is not whether social should anchor to finance. It is how we bring new people without asking them to care about crypto at all.
Crypto is not tokens. It is credible neutrality, self custody, and verifiable execution. Defaults, not features.
Money has been crypto’s first language, not its final form.
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kimmo retweeted
Onchain Social has never been tried out in its true spirit
Lens coming to Monad where:
- it is full decentralised, not sufficiently decentralised
- anyone can build a client (we will help. reply/DM me if you want to build one)
- customisable feed. you decide what you see
Today, social media is polarising because extreme news gets attention
We hope to break this cycle by enabling a truly decentralised social graph
Lens and Farcaster users will be able to sign in with their existing accounts
Onchain Social will happen on Monad
Lens coming to Monad where:
- it is full decentralised, not sufficiently decentralised
- anyone can build a client (we will help. reply/DM me if you want to build one)
- customisable feed. you decide what you see
Today, social media is polarising because extreme news gets attention
We hope to break this cycle by enabling a truly decentralised social graph
Lens and Farcaster users will be able to sign in with their existing accounts
Onchain Social will happen on Monad
Lens (@LC) is coming to Monad
Rebuilt from the ground up as a fully onchain social graph:
• You own your account and connections
• Anyone can build a client
• You decide what your feed shows
Lens and Farcaster users can sign in with existing accounts
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kimmo retweeted
lens is coming to @monad
decentralized, permissionless social. you own your account and your followers, nobody can lock you out
no invite needed. bring your people
decentralized, permissionless social. you own your account and your followers, nobody can lock you out
no invite needed. bring your people
Lens (@LC) is coming to Monad
Rebuilt from the ground up as a fully onchain social graph:
• You own your account and connections
• Anyone can build a client
• You decide what your feed shows
Lens and Farcaster users can sign in with existing accounts
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kimmo retweeted
Orb won't ban you for your old posts
It also looks cool
and you can get 1-month free NymVPN
nym.lens.xyz
It also looks cool
and you can get 1-month free NymVPN
nym.lens.xyz
introducing the new orb v4.
simpler. faster. more you.
choose your theme. arrange your home. discover apps and keep what matters to you.
we’re reimagining what social looks like in a future of abundance. more possibilities. less clutter.
less is more.
time to update the app.
re to come.
welcome to orbtober.
with love from the orb team.
powered by @LC and @masknetwork
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kimmo retweeted
lens today remains 100% focused on the same core vision we had in 2022.
it all started with this:
Lens Protocol Open Letter
Social media platforms have created communities and allowed voices to be heard that might otherwise have been silenced. They have given us the power to connect across continents and oceans.
But these platforms are centralized. They own our data. They control our monetization. They dictate our algorithmic distribution.
It’s time to build a better way.
The Lens Protocol is a decentralized, open-source social graph that returns control of information and links to the people. It allows content creators to own their digital roots and enables individuals to fully possess their connections with their communities.
By signing this letter, you support a future where:
1. Creators own their content and distribution.
2. Users own their social graph and data.
3. Developers have open access to build innovative social experiences without the risk of being de-platformed.
Let's build a new internet together.
it all started with this:
Lens Protocol Open Letter
Social media platforms have created communities and allowed voices to be heard that might otherwise have been silenced. They have given us the power to connect across continents and oceans.
But these platforms are centralized. They own our data. They control our monetization. They dictate our algorithmic distribution.
It’s time to build a better way.
The Lens Protocol is a decentralized, open-source social graph that returns control of information and links to the people. It allows content creators to own their digital roots and enables individuals to fully possess their connections with their communities.
By signing this letter, you support a future where:
1. Creators own their content and distribution.
2. Users own their social graph and data.
3. Developers have open access to build innovative social experiences without the risk of being de-platformed.
Let's build a new internet together.
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kimmo retweeted
you can always use @orb_club. if you prefer to stay on the same protocol then @thefireflyapp won’t ban you.
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kimmo retweeted
in light of recent farcaster updates, i propose lens (@LC). its still going strong the UI is beautiful
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What comes after big social?
Community call with Kimmo @LC
Thursday, October 15 | 14:00 UTC
Set Reminder⤵️
YT: youtube.com/watch?v=UHtejk…
Twitch: twitch.tv/nymtech
Community call with Kimmo @LC
Thursday, October 15 | 14:00 UTC
Set Reminder⤵️
YT: youtube.com/watch?v=UHtejk…
Twitch: twitch.tv/nymtech
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kimmo retweeted
building a chain for people, not just liquidity, is the hard version.
Abstract took a real swing at consumer crypto.
mad respect to everyone who took the shot🫡
Abstract took a real swing at consumer crypto.
mad respect to everyone who took the shot🫡
Abstract is winding down.
Starting today, all of @IglooInc's focus will go towards taking Pudgy Penguins, Pudgy NFTs, and $PENGU to the next level.
When we acquired Frame in the summer of 2024, the vision was to build the blockchain for consumer crypto. Pudgy Penguins had shown us what it meant to reach the masses, and we believed we could bring that same approach to building a chain.
Abstract achieved a lot in a short period of time; we built the Portal and AGW, onboarded major global brands, amassed over 300 million transactions, and grew a vibrant onchain ecosystem.
The journey became stifled by the lack of a DeFi ecosystem, insufficient liquidity, minimal institutional cross-over, and prohibitively high costs that impeded growth in winning areas.
Unknown to most, Igloo, Inc. had been funding Abstract over the last 18 months.
After losing tens of millions of dollars over two years, building consumer products, assembling an all-star team, onboarding some of the biggest brands in the world, and building a community of millions, we still had not found product-market fit.
In combination with the market's reduced appetite for what we had built and not being able to find a scalable path forward, we could no longer justify taking from the Pudgy Penguins business.
Igloo, Inc. has always been a community-first company. Even after losing 8 figures, we could have launched a token or pursued an ICO.
Ultimately we decided against this. A token only works if there is something driving demand to it, and launching a token that we don’t have conviction in would have been a disservice to our community.
The entire team at Abstract has worked tirelessly with a tremendous amount of passion to make the consumer crypto vision come true. I cannot fault a single one of them for this outcome.
To the Abstract community, I want to thank all of you for sticking by our side on this long journey and for continuing to champion us. You supported us through all of the ups and downs, and I wish the result could have been different.
There will be many that will find satisfaction in seeing this shut down, and that is fine. I take a great amount of pride in having the ambition to venture into the chain business, notoriously one of the most difficult to make work, and the only regret I have is not being able to celebrate a win alongside the Abstract community.
As we wind down Abstract, our full focus shifts to making Pudgy Penguins into the global & cultural phenomenon I know it can become.
Return to Pudgy Penguins.
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kimmo retweeted
THIS IS HUGE. 🔥🔥
Orb V4 is looking absolutely incredible!!
It's simpler, faster, cleaner, and just feels like the future of social.
Massive respect to the entire Orb team for shipping something this ambitious.
The foundation is SET 🔥
Orbtober is officially here. 🟣
Orb V4 is looking absolutely incredible!!
It's simpler, faster, cleaner, and just feels like the future of social.
Massive respect to the entire Orb team for shipping something this ambitious.
The foundation is SET 🔥
Orbtober is officially here. 🟣
introducing the new orb v4.
simpler. faster. more you.
choose your theme. arrange your home. discover apps and keep what matters to you.
we’re reimagining what social looks like in a future of abundance. more possibilities. less clutter.
less is more.
time to update the app.
re to come.
welcome to orbtober.
with love from the orb team.
powered by @LC and @masknetwork
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