Le fondateur de Mask répond à la prise en charge de Lens : Un produit axé sur la faible finance et le social est la future direction de Crypto

marsbitPublished on 2026-01-21Last updated on 2026-01-21

Abstract

Dans un contexte où les réseaux sociaux décentralisés sont souvent considérés comme un échec – avec des projets milliardaires stagnants, Farcaster se transformant en portefeuille et Nostr perdant des utilisateurs – l'annonce que Mask Network reprend le protocole Lens apparaît comme un mouvement stratégique rare. Lens, créé par le fondateur de Aave, Stani Kulechov, compte officiellement 110 000 utilisateurs actifs. Mask Network, qui possède déjà une vaste expérience dans le domaine avec l'acquisition du deuxième plus grand serveur Mastodon et le développement du client Firefly, renforce ainsi son engagement en faveur d'un écosystème social décentralisé, privilégiant les interactions sociales plutôt que la finance.

Pour la plupart des gens, le secteur des réseaux sociaux décentralisés semble avoir été discrédité. Des projets financés à hauteur de dizaines de millions il y a quelques années n'ont fait aucun progrès. Même le leader Farcaster parle de se transformer en portefeuille, on ne voit plus d'utilisateurs sur Nostr, le favori du fondateur de Twitter Jack Dorsey, et tout le monde se concentre de plus en plus sur des plateformes comme X et Threads.

Dans ce contexte, l'annonce par Mask Network de prendre en charge Lens Protocol est exceptionnellement rare.

Lens est une autre création de Stani, le fondateur très en vue de Aave dans le domaine de la DeFi. Officiellement, il compte 110 000 utilisateurs actifs. Mask Network, qui reprend le protocole, a une présence importante dans le domaine des réseaux sociaux, ayant acquis le deuxième plus grand serveur du réseau social décentralisé Mastodon et développé également Firefly, le plus grand client tiers dans le domaine des réseaux sociaux décentralisés.

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