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- Smoke break with @lens/cigawrettepacks - a Lens favourite. Don't miss out!!
- Porque no los dos?
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- Venetian Slow Jam
Created in Generate by @lens/refraction
- Ladies assemble!
- Make your own “what is Lens” mini video and I’ll create a community mash up video with them all.
- Make your own “what is Lens” mini video and I’ll create a community mash up video with them all.
- Touch grass today everyone
- First bidding war on Lens with Bonsai
- **Lesaka Technologies, a fintech startup based in South Africa, recently signed a deal to acquire Adumo, a payment solutions provider, for nearly $ 86 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Lesaka Technologies will pay Adumo $ 12.5 million in cash. The funds will be sourced both internally and from external financiers. **[**https://news.bitcoin.com/south-african-fintech-startup-leseka-tech-signs-deal-to-buy-payments-provider-for-86m/**](https://news.bitcoin.com/south-african-fintech-startup-leseka-tech-signs-deal-to-buy-payments-provider-for-86m/)
- **Ark Invest and 21shares have revised their proposal for a spot ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF), removing previously included options for staking. This change marks a significant pivot from their earlier filings, which had contemplated engaging trusted staking providers to manage part of the trust’s assets. **[**https://news.bitcoin.com/ark-invest-removes-staking-option-from-latest-ethereum-etf-proposal/**](https://news.bitcoin.com/ark-invest-removes-staking-option-from-latest-ethereum-etf-proposal/)
- # **Nigerian Experts Say Past Central Bank Policies Drove Users to P2P Crypto Platforms**
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**Stakeholders in Nigeria’s cryptocurrency sector argue that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s previous decision to exclude cryptocurrency entities from the banking ecosystem has fueled the growth of peer-to-peer crypto trading. Nigerian authorities are reportedly seeking to ban peer-to-peer crypto trading. One stakeholder has urged participants in the Nigerian crypto space to ‘identify the bad actors and inform the government. **[**https://news.bitcoin.com/nigerian-experts-say-past-central-bank-policies-drove-users-to-p2p-crypto-platforms/#google_vignette**](https://news.bitcoin.com/nigerian-experts-say-past-central-bank-policies-drove-users-to-p2p-crypto-platforms/#google_vignette)
- There is always room for Techno on Lens
- There is always room for Techno on Lens
- There is always room for Techno on Lens
- Excited about this one
- Depends, if there is something really excited for me, I do collect it
- Could someone please do this? 😂😂
- Very cool!
- Good @club/spicytakes find
- lol (1) will be a chapter in our history (2) bots on web3 - those pretending they aren’t elsewhere need to be intellectually honest for the sake of my trust in the future of the space 😂
- lol (1) will be a chapter in our history (2) bots on web3 - those pretending they aren’t elsewhere need to be intellectually honest for the sake of my trust in the future of the space 😂
- Social can be gaming
- The shitposting we need here 😂
- The shitposting we need here 😂
- Ahhh wish I was there
- Social can be gaming
- Social can be gaming
- Honestly this is why Open Actions fucks! Can do any smart contract action directly on the social feed 🔥
- Congrats!
- Congrats!
- What are you grateful for today?
Beautiful vocals by @lens/violetta
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- @lens/nilesh
- Introducing $LENNY Coin On Polygon Network
Upcoming Lenny Airdrop For Lens Profile Holders
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Stay Tuned For More Updates And Reward Details
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- Billion-Dollar Mysteries: The Cryptic Evolution of Bitcoin’s Third-Largest Wallet
The mysterious bitcoin wallet has garnered attention as it rose to the third largest in a span of 98 days. The wallet, identified as “bc1ql,” currently holds 118,300.20 BTC as of August 22, 2023, amounting to approximately $3.07 billion based on current exchange rates. Notably, this third-largest BTC wallet has been shrouded in mystery for an extended duration, even amid changes to its address over recent years. For example, in November 2021, the “1P5ZE” address held the third position.
https://news.bitcoin.com/the-enigmatic-rise-of-the-3-billion-btc-whale-tracing-the-mysterious-path-of-bitcoins-third-largest-wallet/
- Money doesn't make the world go round; credit does. Credit predates any known form of currency and was in use at least as far back as the ancient civilization of Sumer around the year 3500 B.C.E. In Sumer, citizens could get loans for agricultural purposes, later paying these back via a percentage of their crop. By comparison, the oldest coin-minting operation ever discovered only dates back as far as about 640 B.C.E.
**Ralf Kubli is a board member at the Casper Association.**
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/08/10/how-crypto-tokenization-can-go-wrong-and-how-to-make-it-right/
- **Singapore, the United States and Japan top the global chart in terms of sovereign debt per capita, according to research based on U.N. data. The burden of government debt for every American is 10 times heavier than that for a Chinese citizen, according to the study.**
https://news.bitcoin.com/singapore-us-with-highest-public-debt-per-capita-china-most-indebted-in-brics-study/
- https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/06/27/crypto-hubs-2023-where-to-live-freely-and-work-smart/
Crypto is on the move. In the last several weeks alone, three exchanges including Binance, Bybit and OKX, have exited Canada altogether. Gemini announced it would dramatically boost headcount and operations in Singapore. And venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has named its first non-U.S. outpost – in London.
- By enabling any developer or team to build their own recommendation algorithm, the combination of easier to leverage AI primitives, open protocols, and immutable public data are paving the way for a more personalized and superior user experience (UX) for social applications.
With apps like Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram people are stuck with the given recommendation algorithm without any choices or options other than leave the platform if they don't like it.
For instance a lot of changes have happened with the Twitter recommendation algorithm. People have complained that they see a lot more clickbait, but the only other option is just the "Following" feed or to leave.
In theory, because web3 and blockchain data is public, developers and teams could build their own recommendation algorithms. I said "in theory" because in the past this was not really a thing as this type of system did not really exist before.
We're now starting to see some great alternative recommendation algorithms emerge and become available in the @LensProtocol ecosystem, and apps are already starting to pick them up!
Here are a few teams working on this from various angles (not inclusive of all teams):
1. Karma3Labs - Is a ranking and reputation infrastructure using the EigenTrust algorithm. It enables developers to curate a ranking and recommendation system for their apps based on on-chain data.
https://karma3labs.com
2. Whitebox from @kozlovchad - Is an open protocol to consume, develop and collaborate on modular, composable, and transparent algorithms, owned by the developers.
I think of this as something like an NPM for recommendation algorithms
https://whitebox.build
3. @madfinance - creating various recommendation algorithms like a suggested follows API + "For You" API and enabling optionally financial mechanisms allowing users to boost themselves
https://creators.madfinance.xyz
We have a handful more that are also available or being worked on.
Watch this space! It is one of the key differentiators between private, proprietary, and sometimes predatory social networks of the past, and modern social platforms like @LensProtocol
- Bom dia (bd) 🇵🇹 @christina.lens and @nader.lens were on stage at @ethglobal.lens Pragma Lisbon inspiring the next generation of builders.
"In web3 social you’ll be able to have an ala carte experience. Choose your front end, moderation policy, and even the algorithm you prefer. You don’t need to build a front end, you can build premium features and users could attach to the front end that they prefer” - @christina.lens
- Introducing Ronnie's digital merchandise drop!
Together with @ensocollective.lens, we will be giving exclusive merch to all rAAVE attendees.
To be eligible you must:
👻 Attend rAAVE
👻 Scan & claim your wristband POAP
👻 Share a photo on @ensocollective.lens to get the exclusive full fit
- Today marks our 1 Year Anniversary of making friends onchain 🎂!
Thank you to everyone who has made the first year of Lens Protocol so special and groundbreaking. Lens has brought together builders, creators, communities, and friends, all while in beta.
There's so much planned for the second year ahead, and we can't wait to continue to grow with all of you.
Who did you become frens with on Lens?
🎨 by @nftsushi.lens and all collect proceeds go directly to the artist.
- Balaji Srinivasan, the ex-chief tech officer of U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase, has closed his million-dollar Bitcoin bet with the pseudonymous Twitter pundit James Medlock. On Tuesday, Srinivasan announced on his website and social media that he has settled the apparently losing bet ahead of time.
https://news.bitcoin.com/ex-coinbase-exec-balaji-srinivasan-closes-out-1-million-bitcoin-bet/
- last night @emi took us to a super special spot to meet 85 year old comedian yokan chan ヨーカンチャン and we gave him a little @lensprotocol pin for his jacket. it felt like we were in a psychedelic film from another galaxy.
thank you @galverse team for giving us a peek into your magical world 🔮✨🌸
- Ok, so I took the below created a diagram and published my quick thoughts on online micro-community formation within the Lens Ecosystem.
Introducing DIY Lens Clubs ✌
I'd love to hear people's thoughts!
https://mirror.xyz/chrissyb.eth/9LMfBTv6-_UaND8dW5_19CxcmjXU-5g0T-lpOZRMM0Y
- Bring your Crocs to ETH Tokyo tomorrow
- Few pod creators you definitely should follow: @rehash.lens @thesymmetrical.lens @bankless.lens @defidad.lens web3forbasicbs.lens @austin_hurwitz.lens thescoop.lens seemcat.lens
@dumpling.lens TV for curation 🥟
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- Apparently you can write decent smart contracts with GPT 4.0
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