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Lens, the highly anticipated social networking graph from Aave, announced it will begin onboarding a wider base of users.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 10, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave and Lens, encouraged interested users to sign up for the protocol\u2019s waitlist. \u201cWe\u2019re going to start opening up Lens Protocol (slowly) to a more wider audience,\u201d Kulechov tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n The news comes as Lens is preparing to complete its v2 migration<\/a> next month, with Lens reminding<\/a> developers to upgrade their code to ensure a smooth transition.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will prioritize Lens v2 migration assistance over the coming weeks,\u201d Lens tweeted.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Lens announced v2 in July, describing the upgrade as bolstering Lens composability with third-party protocols and apps to enable \u201ctwo-way [interactions] between any type of web application and Lens.\u201d<\/p>\n Users will be able to execute external smart contracts from within Lens, including NFT minting, ERC-20 trading, and cross-chain interactions between Ethereum and Layer 2. Kulechov flagged<\/a> that any developer can build a \u201cmodule\u201d for Lens v2-based apps to support.<\/p>\n Lens v2 went live<\/a> on testnet on Sept. 19. Lens also launched Momoka<\/a>, a bespoke Layer 3 appchain exclusively supporting Lens, in April. Lens v1 slowly began onboarding users in February 2022.<\/p>\n Lens is also looking to open its doors amid the rise of the nascent SocialFi sector, pioneered by Friend Tech.<\/p>\n Friend Tech allows users to mint and trade \u201ckeys\u201d associated with public Twitter personas, with keys granting their holders access to gated chatrooms. The protocol has raked in millions<\/a> in fees and hundreds of millions in trading volume, and currently boasts a total value locked of almost $44M.<\/p>\nLens v2<\/h3>\n
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