🔥 Vitalik Buterin places SocialFi as the top priority for 2026 🔥

💥 Vitalik Buterin stated that he will focus entirely on decentralized social networks in 2026, with the viewpoint:

👉 Only social platforms built on open, decentralized data layers can create real competition and quality content.

✨ From 2026, all of his social network activities will go through Firefly – a multi-client interface connecting Lens, Farcaster, X, and Bluesky.

✨ Criticizes many SocialFi projects chasing speculative tokens, lacking genuine innovation.

✨ Advocates for a content subscription model (like Substack) instead of "interaction farming."

👑 Overview of SocialFi

✨ Farcaster (~2 million users) was acquired by Neynar for restructuring.

✨ Lens transferred development rights from Aave to Mask Network.

🛡 Core message: SocialFi needs quality content + competition on open data, not a short-term token game.