Lens Chain, a Layer 2 network developed by Lens Protocol, officially launched its mainnet on April 5, 2025. Led by Aave founder Stani Kulechov, Lens Chain promises to deliver highly scalable SocialFi applications with low costs.
Lens Chain aims to reshape the decentralized social network by integrating the GHO stablecoin, helping to maintain stable transaction costs. At the same time, the platform provides developer-friendly modular tools, facilitating the building and deployment of applications.
With Avara developing and applying zkSync technology to enhance scalability, Lens Chain uses GHO as the token for transaction fee payments – a strategic move aimed at simplifying the SocialFi development experience. Even in the initial deployment phase, the system has successfully migrated over 125GB of data along with more than 12 million posts, demonstrating its capability to efficiently handle large-scale data processing.
The use of GHO as a transaction fee token is expected to mitigate the impact of market volatility, providing greater stability for applications built on the platform.
The market reacted positively to the launch event. Stani Kulechov shared:
“Lens empowers developers to create intuitive SocialFi applications that deliver high value and profits without requiring complexity or large costs.”
The developer community is also expressing excitement about Lens Chain’s powerful modular toolkit, promising to drive a new wave of creativity in the Web3 ecosystem.
Stani continues to affirm the vision of the project:
“Through sustainable technology and community listening, Lens provides a high-speed, low-cost, and nearly unlimited scalability development platform – opening up opportunities for excellent user experiences and quick monetization for developers.”
A notable highlight in the Lens Chain deployment is the outstanding data transfer scale, marking an important advancement in the scalability of on-chain social network infrastructure.
According to CoinMarketCap, the stablecoin GHO is trading at a level of 1.00 USD. Although the trading volume in the past 24 hours has decreased sharply by 79.24%, the value of GHO remains stable with a slight increase of 0.01%. Over the past 90 days, GHO has recorded a growth of 6.05% – indicating reliable stability in its role as a means of paying transaction fees.
A report from the Bitcoin Magazine research team states: Lens Chain has the potential to become a cornerstone platform for SocialFi, thanks to its cost optimization capabilities, user data security, and its ability to attract developers with strong scalability and low operating costs – key factors in a rapidly evolving Web3 ecosystem.
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