In a report published on November 11, 2026, at 16:26 (UTC+8), ChainCatcher said Lens had announced plans to launch on Monad. Monad described the plan as rebuilding Lens around a fully on-chain social graph. It said users would own their accounts and connections, anyone could build a client on the graph, and users could choose what appears in their feeds. Existing Lens or Farcaster accounts could be used to log in.
Lens described its network as decentralized and permissionless, saying users would own their accounts and followers, would not have their accounts locked in, and would not need an invitation to join. Those are project claims; the report does not establish how the planned Monad implementation will work in practice.
Lens was launched in 2022 by Aave founder Stani Kulechov. According to RootData, the protocol has raised more than $46 million from investors including Tencent, Robot Ventures, Wintermute, Circle Ventures and Variant Fund. The funding figure documents backing, not delivery of the proposed social graph.