Greetings to the entire Lens ecosystem!
We are delighted to share the seventeenth edition of Lensletter, prepared in collaboration with Lensholic & Lens Garden NFT, with all our frens. With this weekly newsletter series, we will explore LensVerse further, serve as a guide to our new frens, and together, enhance the Lens ecosystem. Rest assured that Lensletter will take you on an enjoyable Lens journey!
In this week's edition:
The latest and most important Lens news
Lens statistics
Introduction to Lenspeer App
Must-try experiences: Focalize’s Wallet To Wallet Messaging Feature
Quotes from LensFrens
We wish all our LensFrens and Lens enthusiasts a delightful reading experience!
LensVerse is growing and evolving alongside its supportive LensFrens. Day by day, we are getting more excited with new developments and finding more opportunities to explore LensVerse!
Here, we would like to share some of the recent developments in the Lens team, Lens projects, and Lens community over the past week.
Lens Hackathon at ETHGlobal :Â Lens Protocol held the Lens Hackathon at ETHGlobal. This week announced the winners of the Hackathon.
Lenster’ New Brand: Lenster announced the new branding. Along with the new branding, the name has also changed to "Hey".
MadFi’ New Update: MadFi announced a major update to creator subscriptions. Now It’s open to all creators.
Enso & SheFi Giveaway: This November, they announced their participation in the summit in Istanbul and distributed merch in honor of it.
Buttrfly’ New Feature: Buttrfly has announced the Collections feature. By organizing your collections into folders, you can highlight a specific selection.
TeaParty-Revise Competition: TeaParty and Revise announced a contest together. Participation requirements are available here.
We’ve included the latest Lens statistics from lenscan.io, a project built by one of our developer frens, in the table below. In each weekly edition of Lensletter, we will be able to track the development of the Lens ecosystem together by providing these statistics up-to-date. A big thank you to @dao_leno for their valuable contribution to the ecosystem!
In the seventeenth edition of Lensletter, we will be introduced to Lenspeer. Lenspeer is an All-in-One, decentralised social media platform where you can experience both video and content possibilities!
What is Lenspeer?:
Lenspeer is a Lens Protocol social media platform that aims to offer multiple experiences in the same app. On Lenspeer you can interact with your friends, share videos, photos, messages and use Lens Protocol features. Not only that, but in Watch you can experience a section dedicated entirely to watching and sharing videos. Let's take a look at the features and possibilities:
The possibilities of Lenspeer:
Live streaming
Spaces
Monetization through tips for creators
Implementation of paymaster and other ERC-4337 features for Lens Wallet
LensSignIn/LensLogin, connect and interact with dapps using your Lens Profile
What can you do on Lenspeer?
Post, comment, mirror and collect posts
Follow and message other Lens users
Watch videos and shorts
Lens Wallet ( ERC-6551 TBA Wallet ), send and receive assets with your Lens Wallet
Lens Profile sharing option on Twitter/Discord with a graphic profile card
Displaying the Lens handle, description, PFP, etc
Creator Empowerment, create your own channel and upload videos & shorts
In Lenspeer, there are many features and opportunities available, similar to the bullet points listed above. You can delve deeper into Lenspeer and enjoy its offerings by accessing the provided links below!
Twitter | Website |  Lens
In today’s edition of Lensletter, we aim to engage you more with LensVerse. That's why we will be recommending experiences that our LensFrens should try out in Lens!
Focalize is a practical extension for fast and secure sharing. v2 has features like a notification panel in the toolbar and wallet-to-wallet messaging via XMTP. Now we'll show you how you can send messages from wallet to wallet with the Focalize extension;
Go to Focalize
Click to “Add Chrome” and add to your browser
Connect your Lens Wallet
Open extension and make sure you are on message section, not the notification
Go to new message in the bottom right corner
Write the wallet address of the person you want to send a message to
Finally, send the message you want to send to that person directly and securely!
Alright, frens! Here, you'll find exciting updates about LensVerse, influential posts from LensFluencers, critical posts from the Lens team, and much more. You might even find yourself saying, "Wish we shared this ourselves!"
Let's take a look at some influential posts from the past week!
And there are many more exciting updates waiting for you in future editions of Lensletter. Stay tuned!
We've now reached the end of the sixteenth edition of Lensletter. We hope you had a blast reading it because we sure had a blast putting it together! Get ready for an exciting lineup of fresh news, updates, projects, and more in our next edition. Dive into the depths of LensVerse, explore web3 social media, and don't forget to chat it up with your Lens frens!
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