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- Naming Services
- Entity
- All 2 Lens products
- Official website
- lens.xyz
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Scored 53 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles)
Usernames on Lens
Naming Services
#5 Overall
Ranked #5 of 7 naming services in the published ranking
53
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) right for you?
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Whether you can lose the name5/10 here; SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) scores 6
- Onchain registry or company namespace4/10 here; SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) scores 5
- Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin2/10 here; SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) scores 4
- Published price and renewal terms4/10 here; SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) scores 6
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The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best naming service shows where it lands for you.
What will Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Your monthly volume
- $1k
How safe is Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles)?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles)
Compare all 4- 4SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida)8 points above · stronger on resolution reach (4 against 2)61
- 6SPACE ID1 point below · stronger on resolution reach (3 against 2)52
- 7Unstoppable Domains2 points below · stronger on resolution reach (4 against 2)51
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Find out if Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) fits you
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Why this rank
Why Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) ranks #5
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (12.5 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
405+6.405.07#4/7Loading evidence…
254+3.204.09#3/7Loading evidence…
252+1.604.010#7/7Loading evidence…
104+1.286.09#5/7Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−8behind SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida), #4
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 50–55 and ranks #5–#7
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles)’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Whether you can lose the name 5 → 9 on its ladder · passes SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida)+463#5 → #4
Onchain registry or company namespace 4 → 10 on its ladder · passes SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida)+662#5 → #4
Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin 2 → 8 on its ladder · passes SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida)+662#5 → #4
Whether you can lose the name 5 → 4 on its ladder · SPACE ID passes it−150#5 → #7
Onchain registry or company namespace 4 → 3 on its ladder · SPACE ID passes it−151#5 → #6
Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin 2 → 1 on its ladder · SPACE ID passes it−151#5 → #6
Smallest climb: whether you can lose the name 5 → 9 passes SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida), #4.
Strengths
0 from the score dataWhere it leads
No scored criterion is at or within one point of the category best, so no strength can be stated from the data.
Tradeoffs
4 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Whether you can lose the name — 5/10 against a category best of 7/10
- Onchain registry or company namespace — 4/10 against a category best of 9/10
- Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin — 2/10 against a category best of 10/10
- Published price and renewal terms — 4/10 against a category best of 9/10
Record watch-outs
- This is not really an address-naming service and should not be compared to ENS on price — it is an in-protocol social identity whose cost is set per-namespace by whoever deployed that namespace: the default lens/ namespace is free, and custom-namespace prices are not published. The "Lens Handles" product you may remember has also been superseded: the current protocol docs document Usernames and namespaces on Lens Chain, and the original Handles contract is a legacy Polygon deployment.
- Lens's docs state the default namespace is free — "create a free username (such as one in the lens/ Global Namespace) or a username within a Custom Namespace that may be token-gated or require fees" — and for lens/* the create page says "the only restrictions are:" a character set, "Minimum length: 5 characters" and a letter-or-number start. Custom namespaces publish no price; where one uses Lens's per-length price rule, "a 1.5% Lens treasury fee is deducted from the payment before the remaining amount is transferred to the designated recipient." Creating one is gated: "You MUST be authenticated as Builder to create a custom Namespace." The renewal obligation and lapse consequence are answered only by absence, in developer docs rather than on a consumer page.
Competitive position
Where Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 714.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#5 / 79.4 of 30 · best 20.3
Friction#1 / 72.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 73.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 78.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) leads
- Onchain registry or company namespace#3 / 7
Where it trails
- Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin#7 / 7
- Published price and renewal terms#5 / 7
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
SPACE ID#6 of 7 · score 52 · 1.0 point behind
Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) leads on
- Whether you can lose the name5 vs 4
SPACE ID leads on
- Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin3 vs 2
Largest single reason Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) is ahead: published criteria (+1.0 display points).Scenario cost: SPACE ID has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Unstoppable Domains#7 of 7 · score 51 · 2.0 points behind
Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) leads on
- Whether you can lose the name5 vs 4
- Onchain registry or company namespace4 vs 3
- Published price and renewal terms4 vs 3
Unstoppable Domains leads on
- Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin4 vs 2
Largest single reason Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) is ahead: published criteria (+1.6 display points).Scenario cost: Unstoppable Domains has no verified pricing for this scenario.
SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida)#4 of 7 · score 61 · 8.0 points ahead
Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) leads onNo scored criterion
SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) leads on
- Whether you can lose the name6 vs 5
- Onchain registry or company namespace5 vs 4
- Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin4 vs 2
Largest single reason SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) is ahead: published criteria (+8.3 display points).Scenario cost: SNS (Solana Name Service, formerly Bonfida) has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
81 vs 53 · gap 28.0Why ENS (Ethereum Name Service) ranks above Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles)
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 28.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisENS (Ethereum Name Service)Gap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight9.420.3−28.3, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisENS (Ethereum Name Service)Points
Whether you can lose the name · w4057−2.56, worse
Onchain registry or company namespace · w2549−4.00, worse
Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin · w25210−6.40, worse
Published price and renewal terms · w1049−1.60, worse
Net5381−28.0
Your scenario
Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) is not priced for this scenario
Marketplace fee on your volume for a year. Excludes network gas and any withdrawal fee. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Your monthly volume · your input$1k
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 14 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory medianNot priced0 of 7 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
7 of 7 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 14 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #5 to #7 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 14 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Whether you can lose the namestrength 5 · weight 40Report an error—14 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Onchain registry or company namespacestrength 4 · weight 25Report an error—14 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Does your wallet resolve it without a pluginstrength 2 · weight 25Report an error—14 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Published price and renewal termsstrength 4 · weight 10Report an error—14 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure: a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by Whether you can lose the name · 40% (Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) 5/10)Scored by Onchain registry or company namespace · 25% (Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) 4/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin (25%), Published price and renewal terms (10%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- Free in the default namespace: Lens's docs separate creating 'a free username (such as one in the lens/ Global Namespace)' from 'a username within a Custom Namespace that may be token-gated or require fees'. For lens/* the only stated limits are character set, a 5-character minimum and a letter-or-number start. No renewal or expiry appears on the usernames pages. Custom namespaces set their own price through rules ('Developers can set minting rules such as charging a fee or requiring ownership of a specific NFT—using the modular rule system'). Lens's built-in per-length price rule deducts a 1.5% Lens treasury fee.Lens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) — official pricing page ↗ · 14 September 2026
- Prices published in
- USDLens Usernames (formerly Lens Handles) — official pricing page ↗ · 14 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Multi-chain
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Usernames are onchain and permissionless; the Lens Sites' Terms let the operator restrict access for sanctioned persons and residents of sanctioned countries, 'including but not limited to' Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Belarus, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
Legal entity on file: Lens, placed in 2 products. Only confirmed entities are shown; nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
10 methodology entries
- 14 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 53, #5 of 7. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 16 September 2026
2026.09.15Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide- changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
- fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
- changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
- added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt naming_services:lens_usernames:2026.10.18:a058cb0859d7
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