Thread by @Monocito_

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As promised, here is my thread on one of the fastest-growing sectors emerging in the blockchain space.

Web3 introduces new concepts and ideas into the industry and many projects are trying to take the lead with different approaches, so here are some of them!🧵🧵👇

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@LensProtocol🌿

Web3 social graph that lives in Polygon and deserves its own thread. Its main feature is composability and dynamic NFTs that allows content monetization.

It is user-owned and you can build applications on top of Lens benefiting from the entire ecosystem. 🤯

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First of all let's talk about the projects that are being built on this protocol created by Aave.

Lenster by @yogicodes is a very interesting one.

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@lensterxyz

Open-source composable, decentralized, and permissionless social media web app built with Lens Protocol.

It is still in the beta phase and all contents are stored in Mumbai testnet. Gas fees (testnet) must be paid in order to interact with the platform.

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@lensterxyz

- Built using Lens Protocol
- User-owned data
- #NFTs, @poapxyz & @ensdomains integrations
- Content monetization
- Communities, Notifications, Crowfundings
- Lenster DAO and governance token in the roadmap

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@irisappxyz

They combined Lens Protocol with @LitProtocol and @Livepeer (Live streams), and deployed it all on Polygon Mumbai.

It is a social media app where you can share content publicly, or make it followers-only.

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@irisappxyz

Users must pay a subscription price to follow creators, and creators have the ability to set the subscription price.

- Built using @LensProtocol, @LitProtocol and @Livepeer
- Live streaming capabilities
- Subscriptions patreon-like

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@0xNimi

Web3 profile page using .eth domain. It combines ENS, IPFS and Lens together, making it easy for users to host content on their ENS domain.

Currently in alpha

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@zilly_social

A social app to connect communities and builders in web3.

You can create your web3 profile by aggregating on-chain data to your Lens profile (NFT, POAP, vote, post) and off-chain data (community you belong to / work for)

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@zilly_social

- Built using Lens Protocol
- App is currently in Early Access.
- Social etherscan

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Special Lens mentions:

Tempra: messaging platform on-chain, inspired by Snapchat
Aura reputation: reputation system for lens protocol
Lens Raffle: random raffles
Sepana: search engine
Hashchat: wallet-to-wallet / wallet-to-ProfileNFT cross chain encrypted messaging app

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More special Lens mentions:

LensBooster: monetize advertising campaigns and Boosted content through Lens
Peerstream: live stream platform with livepeer. (API, mobile app, website)

You can search for them here:
showcase.ethglobal.com

Enough with Lens Protocol

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@gmdotxyz

Web3 platform similar to Twitter/Reddit and its goal is to make creating and managing a DAO or a crypto community a smooth experience like creating a subreddit.

Longer-term, they hope to build the first crypto-native, decentralized social network.

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- Biggest community within Gm.xyz: /c/gm (12.5k members)
- Runing on AWS❌(planning to decentralize)
- #NFTs, @poapxyz & @ensdomains integrations
- Communities management
- DM Ethereum addresses or ENS domains
- Internal reputation system
- Mobile app soon

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@OrbisClub

Orbis aims to be a decentralized version of Twitter/Discord and its built on @ceramicnetwork, @ArweaveTeam and using @LitProtocol encryptation

Anyone can create its own decentralized ID (using Ceramic) and start sharing posts without having to pay any gas fees

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- Biggest community within Orbis.club: Orbis Community (2070 members)
- Decentralized on ceramic network
- #NFTs, @poapxyz, @proofofhumanity & @ensdomains integrations
- Token-gated communities
- DM Ethereum addresses or ENS domains encrypted with Lit Protocol

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@nftychat

Messaging platform that allows you to chat with web3 people. No username or password required.

Your username on nftychat is decentralized. In fact, there is no way to create a one, you have to bring your own @ensdomains (or wallet address instead).

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@nftychat

- Biggest community within **Nftychat:** Nftychat (5k members)
- Token gated communities
- #NFTs, @poapxyz, & @ensdomains integrations
- GM button
- Partially decentralized (planning to progressively decentralize)

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@rainbowdotme

Non-custodial Ethereum wallet app that embraces UX. In addition to the DeFi and fiat features, it also aims to provide a web3 profile and NFT management.

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- Multiple wallets management
- Search engine
- #NFTs, @poapxyz & @ensdomains integrations
- #Ethereum, #Polygon, #Arbitrum & #Optimism support
- DeFi capabilities
- Apple pay integration
- Web browser social profile with friendly UI

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@welook_io

Welook is a Web3 platform where people can have a social profile, showcase POAPs & NFTs, search for other people's ENS and favorite their wallets.

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- Profile customization
- Search engine
- Follow wallets
- #NFTs, @poapxyz, @proofofhumanity & @ensdomains integrations
- Sort and organize your NFTs & POAPs

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@LightDotSo

Web3 platform where people can follow profiles, showcase NFTs and earn rewards with their on-chain activity and credentials.

They also mention an Attention Protocol as the main incentive for users to use to Light. (Tokenomics in progress)

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It airdrops tokens based on attention gathered through each block to users that have contributed most to gathering attention.

- Built on top of @CyberConnectHQ
- Follow wallets and connect with contributors in a DAO
- #NFTs, @poapxyz & @ensdomains integrations

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@CyberConnectHQ mentions:

@signinwitheth , @ProjectGalaxyHQ, @hwdotsocial, etherloop.moonlabs.xyz, cyberch.at (Chat)

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@withBackdrop

Web3-native platform that enables community members to follow and participate in tokenized communities.
Discover, get activity notifications across communities, and participate more easily.

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- Great interface for tracking communities
- Activity Feeds, project profiles, reputation
- #NFTs, @poapxyz, & @ensdomains integrations
- Follow contributors. Notifications for publications, events, votes,etc
- Follow projects and get notifications
- Token-gate communities

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@tallyxyz

Web3 DAO tooling app that empowers user owned governance through a voting dashboard, governance tooling, real time research and analysis, and a wiki.
Its already being used by big protocols and provides a seamless, clear and simple UX

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@tallyxyz

- Great and complete DAO tooling and UX (Analytics, proposals, voting, etc)
- #NFTs, @poapxyz, & @ensdomains integrations

Roadmap: Multichain support, koken.club, dao.new, chrome extension

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@mazuryxyz

Web3 Linkedin. Users can sign in with their wallets and have a professional oriented profile, decentralized, censorship resistant & with verifiable reputation through badges and referrals.

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@mazuryxyz

- Users don't need to submit their data
- Anonymous by default
- #NFTs, @poapxyz, & @ensdomains integrations
- Roles and Badges
- Vouching/Referral system with rewards

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@0xstation

Web3-native toolkit for communities to attract, onboard, and retain talent.
Station's focus is on the contributor capital and they take a cool stations/submissions/endorsements approach.

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@0xstation

- Stations: main projects page within the platform to search for talent and to be open to submissions
- Endorsements
- Skill oriented profiles

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@prysm_xyz

NFT oriented group ownership platform. With collective ownership, through money and resources pooling people can own blue-chip assets using this platform.

Groups are organized in “NFT Squads”

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@prysm_xyz

- Currently in Early Access
- Over 638 Squads applied in the first 24hs
- Gnosis multi-sig and DAO tooling integration
- #NFTs & @ensdomains integrations
- Squads is built on top of the Gnosis SAFE

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@prtyDAO and partybid.app

Protocol for buying NFTs as a team. People can join “parties” by contributing #ETH.
Once the party has enough ETH, it can place bids in auctions or make buy now purchases. After a party wins, the NFT is automatically fractionalized.

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@hyypeHQ

NFT oriented social network where communities can connect, share stories, and collaboratively build their history.

Hyype’s focus is on Lore, it enables users to attach background and stories to their creations/purchases

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- Biggest community within Hyype: OpenSea Collection (2,2k members)
- A lot of communities
- Token-gated communities
- #NFTs, @poapxyz & @ensdomains integrations
- Multiple wallets management
- Public APIs to build Lore driven experience
- Add Lore/background to collections

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@xmtp_

It gives web3 users an unified, decentralized inbox that all Dapps can make use of established on a decentralized network.

The platform has not yet been launched. XMTP will be an open source project

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- Spam prevention with incentive alignment
- Universal Inbox
- Authenticated messaging from verified wallet/contract owner
- DM any Ethereum address or ENS domains
- Messages are encrypted and stored in a decentralized network.

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@tokenproof

prove ownership of NFTs and other tokens online and IRL events without needing to expose them to third parties. Proof of ownership

@ethpass

Prove ownership of your NFTs using Apple Wallet and Google Pay Passes

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Mentions:

@yup_io Social Network
@discoxyz Web3 Profile/ID
@context Great NFTs explorer. Follow profiles/activity
@RevealSo Follow profiles/activity
@cheersbio Web3 Profile built on RSS3

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More mentions:

@Sismo_eth ZK badges for reputation aggregation
@atem_network NFTs social platform
@joincirclexyz “ultimate” Web3 social platform
@BlockscanHQ and chat.blockscan.com wallet-to-wallet messaging.

I'm probably missing a lot of projects but this is what I have! I will probably make a v2 in the future
Feel free to mention those I didn't include!