meet orb v4.we’ve shipped a ton. v4 also sets the direction for what comes next.a lighter core. more control in your hands. an open space for people to build.we started building on lens because we believed social could be fundamentally better.privacy. ownership. resistance to censorship.these should be part of the foundation. things you can rely on without having to think about them every time you open an app.lens gives us a lot of that out of the box. there’s still a lot to understand and build. that’s what gets us excited.since day one the ambition has been to build something new. tear down walled gardens. explore what onchain social makes possible.v4 brings us closer to that.i believe content and context belong at the center of social. the core of orb should be fast. secure. simple to use.getting there takes work. often the most important improvements are the least visible.today it’s crazy how quickly we can turn an idea into something people can use. knowing what to leave out has become just as important as knowing what to build.less is more. getting there is surprisingly complex.with v4 we’re also opening orb up through apps.apps can be features. experiments. games. really anything.you can log in through orb and trigger transactions on lens or any of the supported chains in our multichain wallet. haptics and other native touches help them feel at home inside orb.stickers already works this way. it’s an app inside orb and a standalone web app at stickers.orb.club.this gives new ideas room to grow inside orb and reach people outside the ecosystem too. it gives others a way to build with us. every idea doesn’t need to become another button in the client.as a user you get to choose what belongs in your orb.we all have our own understanding of what a social app should have inside. we’re leaning heavily into customization because of that.the algo. the interface. what gets your attention. you should have more control over all of it.that’s the direction. a simple core with more possibilities around it.apps are just the start. we’re taking them further and there are already things visible in v4 that we haven’t announced yet. more on those soon.we’ll keep experimenting. keep improving. keep removing things too.if you have an idea you want to build with orb we want to hear from you.time to bring wagmi back to crypto.excited for what comes next. hope you join us.
