BitClout

Lens Protocol is a new attempt at creating a decentralized Web3 social graph reimagining the way we connect through social networking. Rather than requiring apps to onboard users and scale as more join it devolves that process to the network itself and simply asks app developers to build on top of the user base. The…

I always want to give things the benefit of the doubt, try and see the positives but I’ve never come across a project that I found as hard to like as this one. So let’s give it a fair shake and try and understand why so many are getting so excited about it.

BitClout, a blockchain-based social networking platform branding itself on the ability to speculate on celebrities’ social media presence with real money, officially launches today.  But while BitClout’s novel premise has drummed up support amongst big-name investment firms, its password-locked pre-launch allowing insiders to access the platform and buy its token prior to the public release,…