Written by: Qian Ziyi
The outbreak of DeFi has brought unprecedented vitality to the cryptocurrency market and even blockchain technology. The organic combination of "decentralization" and "finance" has allowed the market to truly experience the charm of the encrypted world. However, as DeFi gradually matures, more and more The more people start to think new ways, where will the next explosive point other than finance be? Web 3.0, regarded as the "ultimate goal" of decentralized applications, has become one of the most popular answers.
Mask Network, which aims to create a Web 3.0 application ecosystem, has built a middleware infrastructure that helps users seamlessly transition from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0. While shortening the distance between the encrypted world and products in the Internet era, it also allows more people to access and use encrypted assets or decentralized applications more "lightly" outside the financial field. The once unreachable Web3.0 era is already on the way. occur.
The Mask Network project was established in July 2018, formerly known as Maskbook, and changed its name to Mask Network in October 2020. On February 11, 2021, Mask Network launched the governance token MASK, and completed the ITO (Initial Twitter Offering) in three rounds in the following two weeks.
Mask Network is also committed to multi-chain development, and officially connected to Polygon and BSC in mid-to-early June, so as to further expand its own ecological territory and continue to contribute to the ecology.
According to Lianwen statistics, as of June 28, 2021, Mask Network has formed a diversified ecosystem covering DeFi, tools, storage, NFT and other fields. There are a total of 41 ecological projects in the agreement, and this number is also continue to increase.
DeFi
Uniswap（https://uniswap.org）
Uniswap is a decentralized token exchange protocol deployed on the Ethereum network. Through Mask Network, users can directly view the price trend of tokens on CoinMarketCap or CoinGecko on Twitter, and can conduct Uniswap transactions by connecting their own wallets.
SushiSwap（https://sushi.com）
SushiSwap was forked from Uniswap to support liquidity mining rewards. On September 10, 2020, under the organization of SBF, SushiSwap completed the liquidity migration and officially separated from Uniswap. The usage of SushiSwap on Mask Network is similar to that of Uniswap.
0x Protocol（https://0x.org）
The 0x protocol is an open source decentralized protocol for Ethereum. Different from Uniswap and Sushiswap, 0x is an aggregate trading protocol that can automatically find the most suitable price combination from all decentralized exchanges on the entire network. Users can directly use 0x without going to individual trading protocols to compare prices. .
Convergence（https://conv.finance）
Convergence is a decentralized convertible asset protocol that unifies WST with utility tokens (UT) on an easy-to-use interface, and references or combines with other DeFi protocols to achieve real-world assets in the DeFi space to the converted protocol. Mask Network has invested in Convergence and has formally established a partnership. Suji Yan, founder of Mask Network, will also join Convergence as an advisor.
Projects on Convergence can issue encapsulated security tokens through the "Initial Twitter Offering" function provided by Mask Network, and can trade in Convergence's automated market maker (AMM) pool.
Further reading: "Mask Network and Convergence will cooperate on ITO and security tokens"
https://www.chainnews.com/news/880601723791.htm
"News｜Convergence received investment from Mask Network and reached a cooperation, and it is expected to realize the ITO issuance of WSTs"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/03/22/convergence-mask-network-wsts-ito
Serum（https://projectserum.com）
Serum is a fully decentralized exchange that supports cross-chain transactions without third-party trust and is co-founded by Project Serum and other experts in the field of encrypted assets and DeFi. The entire Serum ecosystem will be completely handed over to users and run by the cryptocurrency community - completely decentralized.
Further reading: "Solana and Serum in Maskbook"
https://github.com/DimensionDev/Maskbook/issues/1722
Loopring（https://loopring.org）
Loopring is a solution for decentralized transactions, including the web wallet Loopr, the web version of the decentralized trading platform, the web version of the decentralized transaction Circulr that does not use private keys, imToken can be embedded in H5DEX, and Loopr iOS native wallet. Among the newly released ITO functions of Mask Network, Loopring has already carried out preliminary cooperation with Mask Network as the first ITO project. The two parties have in-depth technical exchanges in Layer 2 expansion technology, zkRollup, etc. , Mask Network and Loopring will also cooperate on the second layer red envelope function.
Further reading: "News｜Mask Network and Loopring have reached a strategic cooperation to jointly build the second-layer ecology of Ethereum"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/02/05/mask-network-loopring
Mirror Protocol（https://mirror.finance）
Mirror Protocol is a synthetic asset protocol launched by the stablecoin project Terra that tracks the prices of stocks, futures, exchange-traded funds and other traditional financial assets, thus integrating the cryptocurrency market with the traditional market. Through Mask Network, users can browse and trade synthetic assets (mAssets) directly on social networking sites (Twitter).
Further reading: "News｜Mask Network and Mirror Protocol have reached a cooperation to further break through the boundaries of open financial markets"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/01/15/mask-network-mirror-protocol
DeBank（https://debank.com）
DeBank is an all-in-one DeFi wallet based on a data dashboard, which can help users track DeFi applications, compare DeFi interest rates, manage DeFi assets, find DeFi projects, and analyze DeFi risks. Mask Network is the first batch of partners of DeBank OpenAPI.
Further reading: "DeBank launches OpenAPI plan for DeFi developers to obtain real-time user portfolio and industry data"
https://www.chainnews.com/news/694885556044.htm
MCDEX（https://mcdex.io）
MCDEX stands for Monte Carlo Decentralized Exchange, a decentralized trading platform for trading digital currency derivatives. MCDEX has reached investment intentions with several investment institutions such as Mask Network.
Further reading: "The MCDEX community proposed to raise $7 million for DAO, and has reached initial investment intentions with a number of investment institutions"
https://www.chainnews.com/news/267464494626.htm
everFinance（https://ever.finance）
everFinance aims to provide everyone with decentralized financial services without boundaries of time and space. Its goal is to improve user experience, lower development barriers, and provide decentralized and credible financial applications for everyone. Mask Network participated in its seed round.
Further reading: "Investment and Financing Weekly | The infrastructure track frequently sees large-scale financing, and the asset management field remains highly active"
https://www.chainnews.com/articles/017678668400.htm
Zerion（https://zerion.io）
Zerion creates a trustless banking system that provides secure and seamless access for all financial use cases. Zerion aims to be a gateway to the decentralized financial world, a blockchain-based DeFi decentralized financial protocol, available on 0x, Uniswap, Kyber, Compound, MakerDao and other applications.
NFT
Rarible（https://rarible.com）
Rarible is an NFT issuance and trading platform that creates and sells digital collectibles secured by the blockchain. The Mask Network plugin now supports the display and bidding of NFTs on social platforms (such as Twitter) on Rarible.
OpenSea（https://opensea.io）
OpenSea is a decentralized NFT marketplace, similar to an eBay for NFTs, where you can buy, sell, auction, and more. The Mask Network plugin now supports the display and bidding of NFT on OpenSea on social platforms (such as Twitter).
MOCA （Museum of Crypto Art) （https://museumofcryptoart.com）
As the first cultural institution related to encrypted art, MOCA will become a frontier space for discourse related to digital art, encrypted culture, cutting-edge technology, and NFT revolution.
DEGO Finance （https://dego.finance）
DEGO Finance is a cross-chain NFT + DeFi protocol and infrastructure. Mask Network and DEGO will cooperate on NFT blind boxes, games, and social networking. Users will be able to create, collect, and trade NFTs with one click on Twitter.
Further reading: "News｜DEGO Finance will reach a strategic cooperation with Mask Network to jointly build an NFT portal in the Web 3.0 era"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/03/10/dego-finance-mask-network-web-3.0-nft
Cent（https://v.cent.co）
Cent is a tweet trading platform. Mask Network expects users to be able to buy and sell tweets directly on Twitter, and will provide a real-time tweet NFT price query function in the near future, allowing users to swipe their favorite content, or those who want to support production / Institutions, can also bid directly to own relevant tweets.
Further reading: "News｜Mask Network x Cent: Through Mask Network, buy the tweet you just brushed on Twitter"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/03/25/mask-network-x-cent-mask-network-twitter
《Display V.Cent Current Bid Price Of The Tweet Directly On Twitter》
https://gitcoin.co/issue/DimensionDev/Maskbook/2599
Treasureland（https://treasureland.market）
Treasureland is a cross-chain NFT issuance and trading platform that enables users to create NFTs with one click and buy, sell or auction them conveniently. Mask Network participated in Treasureland's seed round financing.
AlchemyNFT（https://alchemynft.org）
AlchemyNFT is an NFT synthesis tool released by Alphawallet. It introduces new components that allow NFT owners to operate their NFT assets, recreate, remix, combine and verify NFT, and add new practical functions and benefits.
Unlock Protocol（https://unlock-protocol.com）
UNLOCK is a blockchain-based access control protocol that enables creators to monetize their content or software without relying on middlemen. It allows consumers to manage all subscriptions in a consistent manner and receive discounts when sharing the best content and apps they use.
Flow（https://www.onflow.org）
Flow is a protocol developed by Dapper Labs to establish a self-allocated storage of Ethereum-based value tokens, designed to support game applications to drive the entire digital asset ecosystem.
DoinGud（https://doingud.com）
multi-chain
multi-chain
Ethereum（https://ethereum.org）
Ethereum is an open-source programmable blockchain that provides a set of Turing-complete scripting languages, allowing anyone to write smart contracts and issue tokens, and the entire network will keep accounts together. The accounts are open, transparent and cannot be tampered with.
Polygon （https://polygon.technology）
Polygon is a protocol and framework for building and connecting blockchain networks compatible with Ethereum. Polygon's mission is to become an aggregator of Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum to achieve building performance that the Ethereum network itself cannot achieve. Make up for the important link missing in the current Ethereum ecology. Mask Network will conduct technical exchanges and cooperation with Polygon to address the current congestion and high miner fees in Ethereum, focus on performance optimization in the DeFi field, and create a faster and more practical decentralized trading environment for users.
Further reading: "News｜Mask Network X Polygon: How else to play"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/03/23/mask-network-x-polygon
Binance Smart Chain （https://www.binance.org）
Binance Smart Chain can realize functions such as smart contract creation and BNB staking mining. Mask Network received a strategic investment from Binance, which will accelerate the development of Mask Network's multi-chain.
NEAR Protocol（https://near.org）
NEAR aims to create a fully sharded, scalable PoS blockchain. Mask Network (MASK) has reached an in-depth cooperation with NEAR Protocol, and the cooperation was launched in the form of joint Bounty, hoping to use the strength of community developers from both parties to complete the ecological construction.
Further reading: "News | Mask Network will reach an in-depth cooperation with NEAR Protocol and jointly launch a bounty"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2021/03/16/mask-network-near-protocol
《Integrate NEAR wallet into Mask》
https://github.com/DimensionDev/Maskbook/issues/2602
Solana（https://solana.com）
Solana is a high-performance underlying public chain based on Proof of History (PoH). Mask is one of the first 12 recipients of the Solana grant program.
tool
https://www.chainnews.com/news/401153080463.htm
tool
CoinMarketCap （https://coinmarketcap.com）
Coinmarketcap is an encrypted digital market information platform that aggregates global cryptocurrency transaction data, including market value, ranking and other data information. Mask Network's plugin allows users to view information on CoinMarketCap directly on Twitter.
CoinGecko （https://www.coingecko.com）
CoinGecko is a cryptocurrency ranking and charting app that dissects digital currency-related transactions, market capitalization, and other data, organizes development activities, communities, and more. The Mask Network plugin allows users to view CoinGecko feeds directly on Twitter.
Transak （https://transak.com）
Transak is a compliant payment solution that connects fiat and crypto assets, allowing users to purchase crypto assets with fiat. Users who install the Mask Network plug-in can directly search for encrypted assets on social platforms. In addition to the realized market browsing function, the access of Transak enables users to directly purchase assets without leaving the social platform.
Ethereum Ecology
https://www.chainnews.com/news/677671026865.htm
Ethereum Ecology
MetaMask （https://metamask.io）
MetaMask is a browser plug-in wallet. The Mask Network plug-in supports connecting to MetaMask wallets. Users can directly connect or import MetaMask on Mask Network and use encrypted wallets on Twitter.
EPNS (https://epns.io)
EPNS is an information push service project of Ethereum. Through EPNS, user wallets can receive DApp notifications. At present, the project has received millions of dollars in financing from Binance Labs, IOSG, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan, and Gitcoin co-founder Scott Moore. EPNS created a channel for Mask Network, allowing the team to communicate with their target wallet addresses through the decentralized notification service provided by the EPNS protocol. Push alerts can be customized as required, notifying users that their buy/sell/exchange orders are confirmed, NFTs are minted, new governance proposals, and more.
storage
https://medium.com/ethereum-push-notification-service/building-web3-on-top-of-web2-0-with-mask-io-29d0d5e562e5
storage
Arweave (https://arweave.org)
Arweave is a blockchain-based file storage protocol. Users can browse their historical data on any platform through the Mask Network plug-in, including posts, interactive information, and even private data such as personal diaries. Mask Network will provide users with a portal to access historical records stored on Arweave, and at the same time provide an encryption scheme to protect the privacy of users' personal data. For ordinary users, the experience is somewhat similar to Dropbox and Baidu Netdisk.
Further reading: "News | Mask Network received financial support from Arweave"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2020/05/19/maskbook-arweave
Sia (https://sia.tech）
Sia is a decentralized storage network created by Nebulous Labs that uses a peer-to-peer decentralized network to create a cloud storage marketplace where some users act as hosts, providing free space in their disks, while others act as tenants consuming that storage space. After Arweave, Sia is the second file storage and sharing technology provider introduced by Mask, providing users with simpler, faster and decentralized file storage functions.
Further reading: "News | Mask Network and Sia jointly launch a bounty program to provide more file storage options"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2020/12/21/mask-network-sia
《Adding Sia Network as another provider for the file service》
https://github.com/DimensionDev/Maskbook/issues/2069
IPFS (https://ipfs.io )
IPFS stands for InterPlanetary File System, a point-to-point distributed file system designed to create a network transmission protocol for persistent and distributed storage and shared files.
Meson Network (https://meson.network)
Meson Network is a next-generation storage acceleration network based on blockchain Layer 2. It aggregates idle servers through mining, schedules bandwidth resources and serves them in the file and streaming media acceleration market, including traditional websites, videos, live broadcasts and blocks. chain storage solution. Mask Network participated in Meson's $900,000 seed round.
Further reading: "Meson Network, a storage acceleration network, completes a $900,000 seed round of financing, with participation from Mask Network, Youbi, and SevenX"
https://www.chainnews.com/news/085498553124.htm
GunDB (https://gun.eco）
After a user sees an encrypted feed on Twitter and Facebook, its Mask Network plugin decodes the message and detects whether the user is on the encrypted message recipient list. If the user is on this list, Mask Network will query GunDB for the encrypted AES key and decrypt it using the user's private key. After this, the recipient's interface will be able to see the decrypted information.
ArDrive (https://ardrive.io)
ArDrive is a full-featured permanent file storage application, a decentralized version of Dropbox, with privacy and anti-censorship features, and can provide a more secure permanent data storage solution.
Web 3.0 & Community Building
Gitcoin (https://gitcoin.co）
Gitcoin, an open source software funding platform, aims to support various open source projects through the blockchain and promote the development of the open source movement. Mask Network is one of the sponsors of Gitcoin Phase 9, and Mask's plugin has supported the presentation of the Gitcoin project on Twitter. After installing the Mask plugin, the Gitcoin project in the Twitter post will be automatically recognized and a donation entry will be generated. Users can donate support directly without leaving the Twitter page.
Further reading: "Gitcoin closes the 9th donation plan, raising a total of 1.38 million US dollars"
https://www.chainnews.com/news/243542866052.htm
DWeb Shanghai (https://getdweb.net）
DWeb Shanghai is a branch of the global DWeb (github.com/DWebShanghai), the purpose is to gather local developers, designers, travelers, musicians, mathematicians or any like-minded people who have their own thoughts on the existing Internet , and work together towards a better Internet.
DAOSquare (https://www.daosquare.io)
DAOSquare was born in the Ethereum community MetaCartel and is committed to the construction of an incubator in the Web3 era. Its goal is to become a Y Combinator in the Web3 era. Mask Network is one of DAOSquare's seed round investment institutions.
Further reading: "DAOSquare completes seed round financing, investors include Youbi, SNZ and IOSG"
https://www.chainnews.com/news/126197572966.htm
RadicalxChange (https://www.radicalxchange.org)
RadicalxChange is an active community of artists, entrepreneurs, and scholars dedicated to advocating competitive, free, and open market mechanisms to reduce social inequality, repair social divisions and divisions, and bring about broadly shared equity, prosperity, and cooperation. At the end of 2020, Suji Yan, founder of Dimension & Mask Network, was invited to be a mentor of RadicalxChange Foundation.
Further reading: "News｜Suji Yan Invited to Be a "RadicalxChange" Foundation Mentor"
https://news.mask.io/zh-Hans/2020/12/03/suji-yan-radicalxchange
RSS3 (https://rss3.io)
RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content social networking in the Web 3.0 era. RSS3 will work with Mask Network to create SuperFollow Dapplett on Twitter, which will add Patreon functionality to all Mask and RSS3 users on Twitter. With the help of community developers, Mask is working hard to add the following excellent Web3.0 applications to Mask plugins.
dHEDGE (https://www.dhedge.org)
dHEDGE is an asset management platform for Ethereum synthetic assets. The project is built on top of Synthetix's derivatives liquidity protocol, which allows users to mimic the trades and strategies of top-performing investment managers. The manager will make trading decisions on behalf of the pool of funds. All fund pools can optionally be made public, allowing any user to join or disclosed to a specific Ethereum address.
PoolTogether (https://pooltogether.com)
PoolTogether is a project that utilizes a decentralized finance protocol to create a "no loss" lottery. Users can buy lottery tickets, and all funds collected from lottery sales go into prize pools, earning income from the decentralized finance protocol Compound and yEarn Vaults. Everyone gets their money back, but one person wins all the accumulated interest earned from the pool, and no one loses their principal.
RealityCards (https://realitycards.io)
Reality Cards is an emerging prediction market that turns wagering outcomes into buyable, ownable NFTs. Before and after the results are announced, people feel a strong desire to show what they have bet on. Instead of betting on the outcome, own the outcome.
GoodGhosting (https://goodghosting.com)
GoodGhosting is a mandatory savings fixed investment challenge game designed for users. All participants need to set the saving time and the amount of funds saved each time, which can be paid in USDC or DAI. All assets put into the savings pool by users will be allocated to Aave and Yearn to obtain loan income. When the game is over, all the principal will be returned to each user, but only the users who insist on making every bet without missing can divide the interest in the fund pool.
Omen (https://omen.eth.link)
Omen is a market prediction protocol launched by Dxdao, a decentralized autonomous organization, based on Gnosis Protocol.
Augur (https://augur.net)
privacy
privacy
PlatON (https://platon.network）
PlatON is a future-proof, next-generation computing architecture. Homogeneous multi-chain architecture, RELOAD overlay network/main chain + multi-application chain, decentralized distributed RPC framework. Mask Network will reach a strategic cooperation with PlatON to jointly promote the commercial implementation of privacy computing.
Phala Network （https://phala.network）
Phala Network is a private computing parachain on Polkadot. It implements Turing-complete privacy contracts through trusted computing technology, which ensures reliable execution of smart contracts without leaking sensitive data. Mask Network and Phala Network will carry out in-depth cooperation in the fields of personal privacy protection product map, Web 3.0 data ecological construction and other fields.
Nym（https://nymtech.net）
Summarize
Summarize
From the very beginning, users send encrypted text on Twitter, store files and share, to view or purchase cryptocurrencies on Twitter, or directly issue assets, and then to display NFT and build their own multi-chain platform, Mask Network has been Committed to enriching its own ecological territory.
From the ecological map of Mask Network, it can be seen that Mask is committed to building the entrance from Web2.0 to Web3.0, and realizes the simultaneous expansion of Web3.0 bottom layer, application layer, community ecology and other layers.
In terms of entrance, Mask Network has access to the Transak legal currency aggregation channel to solve the deposit problem, access to MetaMask and Wallet Connect as third-party wallet solutions, and access to CMC, CoinGecko, DeBank, Zerion and other data tools to improve user experience. Access to other mainstream social networking sites, some open source social software and browsers to expand the entrance.
In the decentralized Web3.0 world, the underlying computing chain/Layer2 has expanded from only supporting Ethereum to BSC and Polygon, and will further access emerging public chains such as Solana and Near.
In terms of Web3.0 and storage, the storage has expanded from Arweave to Sia and IPFS and connected to ArDrive based on Arweave, and expanded to other underlying facilities necessary for the new generation of the Internet, such as Meson for bandwidth transactions and the Web2.0 era RSS content distribution upgraded to RSS3.
In terms of application layer DeFi, not only has already completed the access of core trading applications such as Uniswap, SushiSwap, 0x, and the first-party ITO asset issuance, but also has extended its tentacles to more subdivided, more people-friendly and socially suitable applications such as social transactions dHEDGE, Pooltogether that can save money and buy lottery tickets at the same time, social savings games such as GoodGhosting, various prediction markets such as Reality Card, Augur and Omen, etc. Mask tries to become a one-stop financial portal similar to Alipay after Web 2.0 social network users enter the new world of Web 3.0.
In terms of NFT, Mask has also connected to major mainstream NFT trading platforms such as OpenSea, Rarible, Cent, Treasureland, etc., and is committed to providing users with a complete small program e-commerce experience to purchase various digital goods, which can be completed without leaving social networking sites Choose to buy the whole process.
The most important thing is that the ecological construction of Mask has gradually transitioned from the official development of the team to a large proportion of new applications and new extensions that are developed and accessed by community developers, and this is inseparable from the long-term construction of Mask Network in terms of community ecology. Such as funding Gitcoin, hosting DWeb and RadicalxChange China events, etc.
Mask Network's vision is to realize a decentralized privacy layer based on existing social networks. With the popularization of the Web 3.0 concept, people's attention to data privacy and Mask Network's new exploration of decentralized applications have a first-mover advantage The Mask Network may become the key point for Web 3.0 to break the situation and go to the public.
