Web3 social media protocol launches ‘layer 3’ to provide instant posts
The new layer relies on Bundlr, a decentralized storage platform built on Arweave, for mass storage of social media data. The team behind Lens, a Web3 social media protocol, has announced the launch of a new “layer 3” network to scale blockchain social media apps. Called “Bonzai,” the new network processes and stores posts, comments and shares, taking this data off the Polygon network and thereby increasing scalability for Lens, according to an April 26 announcement viewed by Cointelegraph. Introducing Bonsai, an Optimistic L3 scaling solution, that will process transactions at hyperscale, and is designed to support the next generation of Web3 social users. Available for Lens devs in closed beta today. pic.twitter.com/AaqfikZWxT — Lens Protocol (@LensProtocol) April 26, 2023 Lens is a blockchain protocol that allows users to form a portable “social graph,” or digital set of connections, between themselves and others. When users form a connection with another person on one Len...