Richard Burton (@ricburton) • Hey
Helping out teams building things
Publications
- Upgraded my profile & happy to be posting permissionlessly ✨
(That needs to be a word.)
- Back with a new lens on reality 😇
- What have you shipped that you are proud of?
- It is amazing what people will type with their thumbs but not say with their mouths
- Send me a DM on XMTP
I want to share secrets
- My most valuable art
- ondisk → online → onchain → onbrain
- Function Finds Form
- Starship Story
- Alright Lens Lads
Post some thirst traps
- Sharing years of work on hardware & software wallets with the community feels amazing ✌️
- With @nader.lens
- DawnWallet.xyz
- What have you changed your mind about in 2023?
For me, it was letting go of almost all grudges
Except one
- I found the best solarpunk sky bar in Tokyo 🎎
- So excited to launch Dawn Wallet 🌄
- If you are coming, when do you get in to Tokyo? 🏯
- Who is going to ETH Tokyo? 🇯🇵
- IDEA: LENS BNB
If you have an active Lens profile, I will trust you to stay in either of my homes for 3 nights
San Francisco or Cape Town
DM me on XMTP to organise
If you treat my place with respect, you can stay longer
- Becoming an Alien 👽 Finding your Jedi 🧙♂️ Sensing a Cult 🔮
This is my theory on how to find interesting things to work on: https://medium.com/balance-io/aliens-jedi-%EF%B8%8F-cults-b1d52b681b8
- I am still recovering from this demo
- Explorations for Dawn Wallet
Who wants to join the beta?
- I love lens so much
We are revolutionaries
- What is the biggest thing you have changed your mind about?
For me: Nukes are peaceful tools
- NFT gallery with lens collections built in?
- I love humanity but struggle with many humans
- A place in the snow
- @lensgardennft is a project built on top of the Lens Protocol that aims to incentivize organic actions on the Lens Protocol by rewarding users who exhibit high levels of activity on the platform.
@lensgardennft 's approach is unique in that it seeks to incentivize users to contribute to the growth and sustainability of the Lens Protocol ecosystem, rather than simply focusing on the creation and trading of NFTs. The project aims to build a strong community of engaged users who are actively contributing to the Lens Protocol, and rewards them with access to apps developed on the platform, such as Lens Tunes.
@lensgardennft is a project that is designed to encourage and reward active participation on the Lens Protocol, while also helping to build a stronger and more vibrant community of creators and users on the platform.
Twitter: https://lnkd.in/gVkDtGGN
Discord: https://lnkd.in/grFES79P
- I commissioned some work from my favourite ai artist
You can collect 1/100 for 0.01 MATIC
- Moments in Norway I will never forget 🇳🇴
- Zero explanation this time
Lens is the future
Twitter was great
- Going live on Main Stage with a surprise special guest in 20 min 👀👀
- Enjoying Norway
- Portal: Access to San Francisco
An idea I am working on
Send kids to the Bay Area for 3 months to learn from the best
Then they can return home with new ideas 💡
- I have reached the point where I need blocking on lens
I view that as a sign of success
Attention is attractive
- Who wants to build a native open source Lens Android app with me?
Kotlin, Rust, super fast 💨
- One of my Padawan just made a multi-billion dollar decision at a $500,000,000,000+ company 🪬
- I’m excited for all the emerging creators on lens. They are at an advantage over established web 3 creator/influencers who’s fame built on web2 social often hampers their curiosity and interest in expiermentjng for what is new that originally led to their success in the last bull market
The same was true for Instagram influencers who slept on TikTok while a new generation of creators were early to the platform
Web3 creators who don’t pay attention to web3 social will fall behind the curve in short order
- Group Wallet
Home Wallet
Squad Wallet
Team Wallet
Flat Wallet
Family Wallet
Friend Wallet
Mate Wallet
Tribe Wallet
Charity Wallet
Cause Wallet
City Wallet
Country Wallet
Company Wallet
Community Wallet
International Wallet
Everything is just a group of people debating about how to spend money they put together 🫂💳
- Prediction: One day every React Native app that touches Ethereum will suffer a catastrophic hack
The prize is now too large to be ignored
We will all lose access to everything
- NFT Paris was a vibe 😊
- If someone is building a podcast app on Lens, add a live Q&A section as well for listeners to ask questions and go them through during the pod or after
- Where do you want to see a share to lens button? 👇
Example- @oohlala.lens
- @bradorbradley.lens
- Flowing
- Who here uses an Android Phone? 📱
Got something special for you ✨️
- Multisig is an awful name
Groupwallet is so much better
- Who is in Oslo?
- Who wants to work on an open source Android Wallet with me?
It will be in Rust & Kotlin
Great pay & totally flexible
- Why I'm bullish on @xmtplabs.lens
**XMTP wtf?**
XMTP is the protocol that powers Lens DMs.
It's an open network that any builder can use to provide a web3 chat experience to their users.
**1/ Interoperability**
Start a conversation on @lenster.lens or @buttrfly.lens and continue it on @converseapp.lens
Interoperability is not only magical (really, try it!), it's also incredibly helpful for users.
Thousands of apps will be able to integrate chat experiences that matter.
Social platforms (hey @lensprotocol 👋), games, NFT marketplaces, dating apps, e-commerce websites - every service that generates social interactions will initiate conversations.
Thousands of apps?? But I can't open thousands of apps every day!
That's the best part - there will be super-apps that will gather all of your messages in one place. No more need to switch between applications and no more missed messages.
That's the best property of XMTP: you can start conversations everywhere but you can also find them all in one place. 💥
**2/ Decentralization**
@xmtplabs.lens will progressively decentralize the protocol. Bye bye censorship, you won't be missed.
It also means that XMTP clients are unstoppable. Web2 networks can kill your app overnight if you use their APIs. XMTP clients can create value, compete with each other and innovate without fearing being stopped.
This competition is very healthy for users: monopolies can set the floor and capture way too much value while competitive ecosystem re-distribute the value in a much fairer way.
**3/ Wallet login**
For now, the only way to connect to the network is via an EVM wallet. This enables wallet-to-wallet communication and it's very cool.
What's even cooler? On-chain information! Our on-chain identities are getting richer and richer. Financial transactions, social interactions, artists that you support, DAOs you're part of ... all of this is becoming publicly available.
This information is gold!
Clients could help you connect with people with common interests, people who you shared experiences with or even people that would just be a good match for a chill conversation.
**Playing with the protocol**
I strongly encourage web3 builders to give it a try!
With @noemalzieu.lens we already shipped two projects:
1/Converse: @converseapp.lens
The first mobile messaging app that gathers all of your Lens & XMTP DMs
If you want an invite, ping me!
2/ WalletRoulette
Connect with random web3 folks in daily 30 minutes sessions
Get notified at https://walletroulette.xyz/
Congrats to @galligan.lens, @shanemac.lens and the whole XMTP team!
Thanks for helping me clarify my vision @punkess.lens @nader.lens @frederic.lens @timjeffries.lens @0xmoe.lens @native_0x.lens @chopan.lens @ricburton.lens @chriscomrie.lens @dobeck.lens @satsgas.lens @arthaud.lens @litocoen.lens & every Converse user!