Behnam Akbari (@behnamakbaribm) • Hey
Technical analyst
Trader
Legal Counsel
Publications
- Introducing Lens Network. Bringing one billion users to Ethereum.
Our mission is to create an open and fair social network for all. No restrictions. A place where everyone can connect, participate, and build. We believe that digital social spaces will drive Ethereum's mainstream adoption.
We are making a big bet to scale Lens with Validiums and Volitions on Ethereum, leveraging @lens/zksync’s stack to achieve mainstream scale for the social network.
Read more on @lens/t2world: <https://app.t2.world/article/clw6l2z0018727620mc1dq26xr2>
We have opened a LIP discussion for community feedback: <https://github.com/lens-protocol/LIPs/pull/54>
- Governance without governance
- *Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett*
- Never stop building
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
- “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
- Grass touching artefact 1: Psephellus dealbatus
Free mint for all forever 🌱🌸🌱
- *Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett*
- *It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius*
- Purrfect Street Art Pieces.
Gm Friends ❤️
- *The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln*
- Who did this?
- “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.”
- 1, 2, or 3? 🍝
- “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
- “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
- Next up 👀
- The Garden.
- Gals Meet Up!!!🔥
- Test. @lens/orb $electric …
- Flower
- If the charts aren't enough for you, join the bloodbath tomorrow
1800 CET
on @lens/bloomerstv
♘
- Lobo Guará / Maned Wolf
- ‘The last of the fog’
1/1 and the final photo in the pink collection.
Collector will receive a 40cm x 60cm canvas of this photograph 🩷
Thank you for making this collection so fun to create and thank you for collecting 🥰
- Me and AI me. Ha ha, this is realy funny. 😀
- a total of 2.2 million $BONSAI, currently valued at around $ 230K, is now available to claim in-app for qualifying orb users.
you have 72 hours to claim.
- I love Hong Kong part II
- g(y)m
inspired by @lens/nader
- Dreamy macros.
If anyone has a short film in need of beacoup dreamy macros, hit me up. I’m in that lane rn.
Central District, Seattle
2024
- Along with my collage work, I also have a more expressive abstract style that doesn't get shared as often. However, there are a couple of drawings that I think deserve more attention.
This drawing was made 8+ years ago, a time before I knew anything about therapy and regulating my emotions.
I always wanted a way to feel my emotions and was working towards it, but it felt very foreign to me.
Fast forward to today and I am meditating regularly while allowing myself to feel all of my emotions as they come to me for the first time in my entire life. Meditation completely changed the trajectory of my life.
20 #BONSAI, 25% referral, 48 hours!
- #BenZ
- UCA's - what are they? And why does Lens need one?
A UCA is a User Custodial Algorithm or better to think about it it's a feed in a box. Basically, what it requires is a universal standard for apps to read algorithms and spit our feeds. Imagine it as an NFT that contains what you want to see and don't see based on a simple user interfacing SDK. Users would be able to select how explorative they want their algorithm to bel publish it to the blockchain, and carry it like an item to every app they visit. This way a user owns their feed and doesn't need to rely on any certain client to track what the user wants and doesn't want to see.
5 Collects in $BONSAI and I'll make it into a LIP.
- I'm a little confused, the quoted post is a 1/1 for 1000 $BONSAI , but apparently it was collected twice?!
how it that possible? 🤔
cc @lens/yoginth @lens/wagmi @lens/stani
- things happen ♡
- Every mirning I walk this road, and every morning I’m surpised how simple and yet uniq is nature in it’s simplicity.
- Hi! Today is my Lens anniversary, Yay! 🥳
One year has passed so quickly =)) so many things have happened, now Lens is permissionless and we can collect posts with $pointless and $bonsai ✨
Never did I imagine that I would have 3k followers on a web3 social profile, but here we are! Thank you so much, everyone, for being with me on this web3 journey, supporting my art, commenting my photos, and having fun all the way! 😊 I'm happy that I've had this experience being so much online and present on lens.
Here is a little anniversary sticker from the pack that i made a year ago! Collect it for 1 $bonsai if you like (for followers only) 💘
Xx
- 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓
- Am I pruning the bonsai… or is the bonsai pruning me?
Limited mint $BONSAI 🌴
- Cash tags are now supported on @lens/hey 🤑
Try it: $BONSAI, $pointless
- We reached 5000+ followers 🥳🥳🥳
Collecting is free for every follower to say "thank you" 🤗
- 🧡Summer is almost here ! Catch the sun 🌅 on @lens/kaira as they are collecting all your best summer moments 🫶
You can collect my 'summer moment' with $BONSAI - limited 24 hours collect >>> ✨
- #btc
- How to be Lens-native?
Use Lens (any of the apps)
Create on Lens
Collect on Lens
Build on Lens (do something brave)
Support Lens builders
Invite friends onto Lens
Evangelize Lens
Grow the seeds, you are Lens 🌱
My first BONSAI collect post, 100% revenue goes to Mirrors.
- BONSAI Token Launch 🍃
Bonsai is a #DN404 token on #Polygon, for a community of builders, explorers, and early adopters of onchain social.
For every 100k $BONSAI tokens in your wallet, you also hold 1 BONSAI NFT (reveal soon)
Season 1 airdrop went to active profiles across the @lens/lens ecosystem. Seasons 2 & 3 will reward usage of $BONSAI for collects and open actions. Swap & Liquidity Providing (LP) open actions coming soon.
Collect this genesis post to show you were early - 10 MATIC / 30 days
- Lens is now permissionless.
- gm #lensfam 🌞☕️
#stablediffusion #ai
- gm permissionless!! 🌿🌿🌿
Free collect for my #lensfrens old and new. 🫶🏻
#LMCC #lens #permissionless #web3social #onchainsocial #stablediffusion #ai
- `getting started` with #lens in 5 steps 🪴 [✨PERMISSIONLESS✨ update]
(0 a) maybe consider adding some information about yourself and a pfp to your profile before you start.
(0 b) "hello world" posts get quite some attention ... 😉 . (if you can post something related to what you are interested in ... 🎇 -> People you start following might take a look at your profile and follow if they are interested in the content you share.) Find one great example at the end of the post.
(1) https://lists.inlens.xyz/lists/818891525288558593 *updated* - list of great profiles to start your lens journey ... you will discover a ton, worth following profiles in the communities of people in this list. lists.inlens.xyz/ in general is a great starting point. (new this month: @lens/pointless )
(2) find your twitter contacts on lens: https://inlens.xyz (*) (not everyone with a lens profile, active on twitter, is very active on lens (yet ;-)). Maybe consider connecting with new people, sharing interesting content on lens.)
(3) probably you read this post on @lens/hey . If you are interested in lens mobile apps, @lens/orbapp and @lens/buttrfly are at the moment - imo - the most advanced general purpose lens mobile apps. One of the beautiful things regarding lens is that it doesn't matter which lens app you use, every lens app has access to the same content and social graph.
(4) what you share on lens is stored and publicly available for a very long time. Probably forever. You can hide posts, comments and mirrors. But that's a front-end feature, the data is still available and publicly accessible.
(5) "collects" are a very powerful concept, adding a NFT version of the post to your address (4th symbol below a post on @lens/hey ). Collects can be monetised -> creators can use collect fees to earn money or have $POINTLESS fun on lens.
one more thing :-) being active, commenting on posts and topics you are interested in goes a long way. Of course there is a chance that your posts will be discovered, commented and mirrored, but you increase the probability of being discovered dramatically with valuable comments.
It is quite challenging to get attention, especially for new profiles. A few approaches to get more visibility:
[1] @lens/animators started on lens drawing lens PFPs https://hey.xyz/posts/0x0108fb-0x75 . Imo still one of the best (high quality) growth hacks I’ve seen on lens yet (0 to 100 followers). Maybe you can think of something inspired by @lens/animators ’ idea based on your talent and skills.
[2] consider joining communities on @lens/orbapp .
[3] consider contributing content to the weekly @lens/thisweekon highlight series ( https://hey.xyz/posts/0x01d898-0x44 ) or other content threads like @lens/trustmebro .
[4] consider participating in campaigns / events on lens or create an event (maybe check out #OPENLENS for reference). (If you plan to create something please feel free to reach out 🤍)
[5] consider joining lens spaces on @lens/buttrfly .
[6] @ profiles you think your content is relevant for or you would like to get input from. Pls be selective and not spammy.
`cover artists of the month`
TYSM @lens/@andresbriceno for creating this beautiful getting started cover 🤍🙏.
Collect is the #lens super power. The “getting started” post is a 333 limited edition (0.3 WMATIC with 50% mirror fee share, the collect fee goes 100% to the artists.)
What does it mean? You can collect one of 333 available NFTs of @lens/andresbriceno ‘s awesome artwork (and this post :-)). If you mirror the post and the post will be collected via your mirror, you will get 0.15 WMATIC. The revenue generated from the collect fee will go directly to the artist’s address.
Is there any utility? Everyone who collects this post can suggest and vote on the next “getting started” cover artist.
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`getting started` goes multichannel 🥳 never miss an update again with ...
1️⃣ getting started newsletter: https://paragraph.xyz/@gettingstarted/welcome-to-getting-started
... and soon on @lens/t2world
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`advanced topics`
`new` **feed algorithm**: the default lens feed shows content based on the profiles you follow. Additionally to this default feed, lens apps offer algorithms to curate the feed content.
**other mobile apps**: @lens/converseapp ( @lens/xmtplabs mobile messaging app), @lens/phaver general purpose web2.5 lens app.
**other browser apps**: @lens/t2world social network around reading and writing, @lens/focalize browser extension for posting on lens. @lens/pinsta pin lens content, create and publish pinsta boards. @lens/beatsapp music focused lens app. @lens/dumpling video platform on lens. @lens/ornaart amazing app to share what you’ve collected and what’s for sale (eg https://orna.art/u/cavernaeremita/forsale ). @lens/lenspeer social media platform supporting ERC-6551 wallets. @lens/buttrfly for web.
**video**: @lens/tape videos on lens. @lens/bloomerstv Game Streaming platform on Lens
**market place**: @lens/lensport buy and sell collects, create token gated posts, ... .
**fun**: @lens/lenspostxyz canva for web3 socials & collaborative design, @lens/memester-xyz & @lens/youmemeworld create memes easily and publish directly on lens. @lens/truthordare ;-). @lens/lensgardennft dynamic activity based NFTs. word cloud generator by @lens/rickydata https://lens-wordcloud.streamlit.app . Lens circles by @lens/juancito circles.inlens.xyz .
**games** : Lensjump https://lensjump.friendly.live/ by @lens/thefriendly mobile friendly. Lensbird the Lens version of Flappybird by @lens/thefriendly ( https://lensbird.onfriendly.io )
**tools**: @lens/chainjet automate processes, like notifications ( @lens/remindmebot 👀). https://lens.sepana.io lens search engine. @lens/lensdropxyz raffle tokens based on constraints (e.g. 1 of the profiles who collected post xyz will get a NFT). @lens/wav3s incentivise people to mirror or comment content. @lens/letsrally lens spaces. @lens/wagmifund decentralised crowd funding platform. @lens/ethpass add your lens profile to Apple or google wallet. postter.xyz schedule posts. @lens/socllyofficial “creator-centric” toolkit.
`new` **socialFi**: @lens/madfinance the lens social club, @lens/kaira social media x defi, @lens/jamfriends Web3 Social monetization model(s).
**dev tools**: @lens/airstack_xyz web3 development platform.
**data**: https://lenscan.io/analytics by @lens/daoleno . https://dune.com/xmc2/lens-profiler get an overview of your lens statistics (pre momoka).
**ready to test**: @lens/blitzapp mix between a Time Capsule and a digital Polaroid, @lens/ensocollective digital closet. @lens/lensplayxyz video browsing, @lens/lenshareapp video platform, @lens/converseapp mobile messaging (android). @lens/chromadin “A din of iridescent static fills the air as you tune into intercepted signals. Beyond the boundaries of conventional networks you are here, live at the edge of an irrevocable threshold.” :-) .
**lens integrations**: snapshot.org, oohlala.xyz, basepaint.xyz, zora.co, fileverse.io, sound.xyz
**lens protocol stats** - provided by @lens/buttrfly (weekly posts + comments):
@lens/phaver 43.7%
@lens/hey 35.7%
@lens/orbapp 9.4%
@lens/kaira 4.0%
@lens/buttrfly 2.7%
@lens/yup_io 2.6%
@lens/firefly 0.6%
If you are interested in content distribution and increasing your reach on lens, maybe the following post is a good starting point: https://hey.xyz/posts/0x017566-0xdf (e.g. @lens/bvdaniel combined his introduction post with an eye catching visual (only follower can collect) and an incentivised mirror (+100 followers ). 120+ collects, 80+ mirrors, 40+ comments ...)
@lens/luduvigo wrote two great posts “How to grow on Lens ...” https://hey.xyz/posts/0x0132-0x02a5 https://hey.xyz/posts/0x0132-0x036d and maybe take a look what he did with the content in the following days. 👀
(*) might be not available due to the recent restrictions on twitter.
`list of lens apps` https://www.xyz/apps
► December 2023 update with cover art by @lens/mchx_ https://hey.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x1e60
► October/November 2023 update with cover art by @lens/cmn__ https://hey.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x1d1c
► September 2023 update with cover art by @lens/mazemari https://buttrfly.app/post/0x0f85-0x1bda
► August 2023 update with cover art by @lens/eastie https://buttrfly.app/post/0x0f85-0x1b1b
► July 2023 update with cover art by @lens/jessyjeanne https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x1a16
► June 2023 update with cover art by @lens/arterlioz and @lens/cybershakti https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x18d0
► May 2023 update with cover art by @lens/chaoticmonk https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x1793
#gettingstarted #5steps #newonlens #howto #onboarding