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Decentralized Social Media Firm Lens Eyes Massive Scale-Up
12.11.2024
The latest version introduces application building blocks that allow users to create decentralized newspapers with thousands of contributors
SEC Charges Bitclout Founder With Multi-Million-Dollar Crypto Fraud
30.7.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Nader Al-Naji, founder of Bitclout (now Decentralized Social), with running a multi-million-dollar fraudulent crypto scheme. Al-Naji allegedly raised over $257 million through unregistered sales of Bitclout tokens (BTCLT) and used...
Jeff Kauffman: Decentralized Social Will Revolutionize Marketing
23.5.2024
The rise of Farcaster and portable “social graphs” will change the relationship between brand marketers and end-users, says the founder of JUMP, a network for Web3 branding executives
Vitalik Buterin advocates ZK 'Likes' on Farcaster after X privacy shift
22.5.2024
Vitalik Buterin advocates for zero-knowledge “Likes” on social media in pursuit of combatting preference falsification
Decentralized Social Protocol Farcaster Raises $150M in Funding Round Led by Paradigm
22.5.2024
Decentralized social media protocol Farcaster has raised $150 million in a funding round led by Paradigm with participation from venture capital fund 16z crypto, Haun, USV, Variant, Standard Crypto and more.
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Base set for ‘material share’ of SocialFi activity: Franklin Templeton
10.5.2024
Base is already home to 46% of transactions related to SocialFi on-chain, but the asset manager says it has even more room to grow
FRIEND Is Down 6.3%, But Experts Say New Dog-Themed Crypto ICO Can Offer 1,763% Returns
6.5.2024
The crypto token for exclusive new decentralized social media platform Friend.tech has taken a sudden hit of 4.3% in the last hour as various other leading cryptocurrencies also begin posting red candles.
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Jack Dorsey Departs Bluesky’s Board, the Decentralized Social Media Platform He Co-Founded
6.5.2024
Jack Dorsey has stepped down from Bluesky's board, the decentralized social media platform he originally envisioned and funded back in 2019 during his tenure as CEO of Twitter.
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Jack Dorsey leaves board of decentralized social network Bluesky
6.5.2024
Jack Dorsey backed and funded Bluesky when he was Twitter’s CEO; now, he’s left the board of the social network, and it's searching for a replacement
Farcaster Parent Company Valued at Over $1 Billion in Paradigm-Led Funding Round
31.3.2024
Merkle Manufactory, the company behind the decentralized social network Farcaster, is on the verge of reaching a valuation of $1 billion in its latest funding round.
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SolMail and DSCVR collaborate to boost decentralized social networking
22.3.2024
Two pioneering organizations in the decentralized realm have formed a collaboration, marking a significant development in the digital sector. Through this collaboration, SolMail and DSCVR, a pioneer in decentralized social networking platforms with an established community and an innovative digital...
Reddit Is Making a Deal With the AI Devil
14.3.2024
The social media giant's $60 million real-time data deal with Google is latest example of internet companies selling out their users who have nominally "consented" to share their personal information but have no control. Blockchains and ZK-proofs could help prevent corporate overreach, Nym CEO...
Farcaster Co-Founder Critiques Twitter Clones: Innovation Over Imitation
10.2.2024
Decentralized social media protocol Farcaster has emerged as a prominent player among several burgeoning Twitter alternatives, both on-chain and off-chain. However, Dan Romero, the co-founder of Farcaster, does not view his decentralized social app as a competitor to Elon Musk’s Twitter...
Can Decentralized Social Media Redefine Online Community Engagement?
9.2.2024
Decentralized social media (DeSo) is a concept that is looking to stir up the digital landscape and promises to redefine how we connect online. Meanwhile, traditional social media as we know it today is a vibrant hub of community engagement. It is a space where ideas flourish and voices are heard....
SocialFi Project Friendzone to Debut on Polygon Blockchain
8.2.2024
Decentralized social marketplace Friendzone is hopping on the Polygon blockchain for a Feb. 26 launch, and eyeing a move to Polygon zkEVM down the line. The app is said to combine the emotional aspects of traditional social media with the financial rewards of Web3 to build online communities....
Jack Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Bluesky Removes Invite-Only Restrictions
7.2.2024
Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social media project Bluesky on Tuesday removed invite-only limitations and granted access to all users. Since its launch in Feb. 2023, the platform used invite codes while experimenting with features such as moderation tools and personalized feeds. Bluesky...
Farcaster Records Surge in Daily Users with Frames Launch
5.2.2024
The number of daily active users on the decentralized social protocol Farcaster surged to nearly 30,000 on February 4, 2024, according to on-chain data by Dune Analytics. The nearly tenfold increase since January 26 is due to the launch of the Frames feature across Farcaster’s protocols. Much...
Friend.tech Completes On-Chain Transaction for Ownership Transfer
4.12.2023
Source: Adobe / Joaquin Corbalan Friend.tech, a decentralized social app built on Coinbase’s blockchain Base, has successfully transferred the ownership of its smart contract and funds to “a new combination of multisig and professional custody.” The news that the necessary on-chain transactions...
The Year of Decentralized Social Media
4.12.2023
Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?
Lens, Aave's Decentralized Social Media Platform, Launches Major Upgrade on Polygon
13.11.2023
The open source protocol spearheaded by DeFi giant Stani Kulechov has released a bevy of new monetization features