SocialFi

SocialFi combines social media and decentralized finance (DeFi) within the blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. It focuses on empowering users with control over their personal data and intellectual property. By offering rewards like tokens, SocialFi apps promote active engagement among users and between users and the platform itself, fostering an interactive community.

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Friend.Tech: A Final Shot at Shaping the Future of Social Media
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Friend.Tech: A Final Shot at Shaping the Future of Social Media

friend.tech offers an interesting concept in the SocialFi platform space, allowing users to invest in their friends by purchasing social tokens or keys that grant access to exclusive content, private chat rooms and clubs, mainly targeted at users and their Corresponding influencers to follow. The pricing mechanism for these keys is complex, with the purchase price increasing exponentially as supply and quantity increase, while comparing information on its competitors and analyzing data such as token economics.
Jun 02, 2024
Chingari Hits 100 Million Users, Leads Market with Innovations
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Chingari Hits 100 Million Users, Leads Market with Innovations

Chingari is a rapidly rising short video social application in the Indian market, attracting a large user base through its innovative reward mechanism and forming a massive community. Since its launch in 2020, Chingari has amassed over 175 million users and more than 130 million downloads. The platform offers multiple language versions and prioritizes the protection of user data and security. Chingari users can earn GARI tokens by watching, sharing, and creating video content. These tokens can be used to unlock special content or purchase experiences such as calls with creators. Additionally, Chingari has integrated Kana Labs Paymaster services to enhance user experience and lower participation barriers. Chingari's success lies not only in its technological and product breakthroughs but also in its precise understanding of user needs and market trends.
Jun 02, 2024
Stablecoins are helping create a buyer of second-to-last resort for US Treasury
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Stablecoins are helping create a buyer of second-to-last resort for US Treasury

This article analyzes the impact of stablecoins on the U.S. Treasury market, pointing out that the popularity of stablecoins may unintentionally reinforce the dollar's status as a reserve currency and allow global consumers to hold dollars in a way that is difficult for governments to intervene.
May 31, 2024
Find Socialfi’s North Star Indicator
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Find Socialfi’s North Star Indicator

Exploring the field of SocialFi, this article provides an in-depth analysis of projects such as Farcaster, FriendTech, UXLINK and CyberConnect, revealing the combination of social networks and asset issuance. By comparing the number of active users and the market value of core assets, we found that UXLINK performed outstandingly in social network expansion, while FriendTech attracted users with its innovative asset issuance mechanism. The article also explores how to embed transactional behavior into social networks and how to position North Star indicators to optimize product design.
May 30, 2024
A Beginner’s Guide to Push Protocol (PUSH)
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A Beginner’s Guide to Push Protocol (PUSH)

Push Protocol is a decentralized message push middleware. Service providers like DAPPs and smart contracts can create channels via Push Protocol to deliver notifications and other services to users. Formerly known as EPNS, the product was officially launched on Ethereum in early 2022. Since then, it has expanded to support multiple blockchains and strengthened its business, with the goal of evolving into a decentralized social media platform.
May 28, 2024
Introducing Lens Network on Ethereum
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Introducing Lens Network on Ethereum

The features of Lens Network include high scalability, censorship resistance, and low cost. The next-generation Lens Protocol will become a cross-chain hub. To lay a scalable foundation for the social space of the future, Lens has chosen the technologically sound and forward-looking zkSync's ZK Stack to develop the new generation of Lens. This leverages account abstraction to enable gas-free and signature-free transactions, supporting embedded wallets to provide a seamless user experience.
May 27, 2024
 The Opportunity and Mission of Web3 Social
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The Opportunity and Mission of Web3 Social

Amid the recent skepticism surrounding the Web3 industry, this article aims to analyze the developments in the Web3 social sector over the past eight years, covering two cycles, from the perspective of the author. By summarizing the achievements, experiences, and lessons of the builders in this field, we hope to identify potential opportunities and blueprints for the future.
May 27, 2024
What Are The Features And Functions Of CyberConnect's Social Re-Staking L2 "Cyber"?
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What Are The Features And Functions Of CyberConnect's Social Re-Staking L2 "Cyber"?

The transformation into a social re-staking modular L2 is not only a technological leap for Cyber but also a profound exploration and forward-looking layout for the future of social networks. The article explains how Cyber operates and its features, providing a truly decentralized environment. This allows users to expand their influence more fairly and directly, and build closer connections with their fans.
May 27, 2024
 cmDeFi: Farcaster Reshapes SocialFi Under the Crypto Starry Night
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cmDeFi: Farcaster Reshapes SocialFi Under the Crypto Starry Night

In the Web3 world, Social platforms inherently lag behind Twitter and WeChat in terms of user experience and accessibility. The key to success lies in attracting creators to join and tokenizing their value to help them monetize. Farcaster is more like a Social Layer where various applications such as Fi, NFTs, music, and games can exist, all of which can be developed by developers. Therefore, it is an ecosystem led by developers, co-built by the community, and participated in by creators.
May 27, 2024
With SocialFi Track Poised, Who Has the Edge Among Friend.tech, Farcaster, and Phaver?
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With SocialFi Track Poised, Who Has the Edge Among Friend.tech, Farcaster, and Phaver?

In the SocialFi (social finance) space, Friend.tech, Farcaster and Phaver are three projects worthy of attention. Friend.tech regained market attention with its V2 version, which introduced several innovative features and enhanced token models, such as the “Money Club” feature, to increase user engagement and platform utility. However, Friend.tech faces user retention and economic model sustainability challenges. Farcaster provides a highly modular and composable platform with its decentralized social network mechanism and open-source design. Phaver launched the $SOCIAL token to enhance the interactivity and reward mechanism of its ecosystem, emphasizing incentives for user contribution and participation. The innovative attempts of these platforms aim to solve the problems of insufficient user activity and imbalanced economic models in the SocialFi field.
May 23, 2024
MOMO AI: An AI-Driven Game Social Platform in Ton and Solana Ecosystems
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MOMO AI: An AI-Driven Game Social Platform in Ton and Solana Ecosystems

An innovative AI-driven game social growth platform, MOMO AI integrates viral marketing mechanisms and AI-bot interaction technology, focusing on rapid user growth and deep engagement within the Telegram ecosystem.
May 14, 2024
What is NFPrompt?
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What is NFPrompt?

NFPrompt is a Web3 art platform that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. Here, creators can easily generate various unique NFT content using AI tools and participate in an active community and economic ecosystem. Through token unlocking, airdrops, and staking, NFPrompt provides users with abundant earning opportunities. Users can participate in platform governance and decision-making by holding tokens and participating in the "Imagine 2 Earn" activity to win rich rewards. Whether creators or enthusiasts, everyone can find their stage on NFPrompt and jointly build a creative and promising art ecosystem.
May 13, 2024
Memecoins vs Elitecoins: A Cultural Revolution
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Memecoins vs Elitecoins: A Cultural Revolution

This article acknowledges meme coins as a manifestation of community culture and elucidates their interpretation within the core of the cryptocurrency industry.
May 10, 2024
Why ‘Restaking’ Has Taken Over Social Media
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Why ‘Restaking’ Has Taken Over Social Media

The restaking protocol offers new solutions to many issues and is an important narrative within the liquidity staking derivative track. The following article briefly discusses ‘restaking’, as well as some underlying implementations and security risks.
May 07, 2024
Meme, Runestone, and UXLINK: Some Thoughts on How Crypto Assets Drive Communities
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Meme, Runestone, and UXLINK: Some Thoughts on How Crypto Assets Drive Communities

The essence of a truly sustainable decentralized community is to embed a fair asset distribution plan that is both motivating and sustainable in the community structure.
May 07, 2024
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