Mask Network Teams Up with Lens: Decentralized Social Media Enters a New Stage of Large-Scale Development

Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 20 — The Lens protocol announced the completion of the phase of verifying the “feasibility of user-owned decentralized social networks.” The focus of ecosystem development will shift from protocol and infrastructure to truly consumer-grade applications and user adoption. Mask Network is seen as the successor to the next stage of Lens, committed to advancing decentralized social from technical experimentation to everyday use.

Lens founders Stani and Avara will continue to serve as advisors to Mask founder Suji Yan and her team. Both parties believe that in the coming years, social and DeFi will increasingly integrate into the internet economy layer. Suji Yan stated that Mask has now developed into “Web3’s Tencent,” with its MaskDAO social matrix integrating multiple decentralized social products, including Web3.bio, Firefly.social, and the most active social product on Lens chain, Orb.club. “Mask will continue to strive to make decentralized social more accessible, intuitive, and suitable for everyday users. This aligns perfectly with the mission of the next chapter of Lens,” said Suji.

Lens has successfully “laid the groundwork,” demonstrating that decentralized social is feasible at a real-world scale. Mask’s role is to build mature products on this foundation, expand the user base, and push decentralized social truly into the mainstream.