Zanaadu: BSV social network built on on-chain rules

Homepage > News > Tech > Zanaadu: BSV social network built on on-chain rules There’s another new BSV-based social network in town, called Zanaadu. It opened to the public this month, joining a small but growing family of blockchain-native alternatives to X and other mainstream platforms. Beyond on-chain content Owning your identity Learning from BSV’s past Building an identity backbone Winning people, not just tech Zanaadu has been in private beta since December 2025 and was first announced in October of that year. Led by Ben Swan, it’s being built by developer John Calhoun (known for his work on the x402 protocol, ToolBSV, and Thryll Arcade). The platform connects to BRC-100-compliant wallets such as Yours Wallet, Metanet Client, and BSV Desktop/BSV Browser. It’s also fully open-source, with its smart contracts available on GitHub. At first glance, Zanaadu looks like another short-post social network seeking your attention span. But its team is making a bigger architectural claim than most of its contemporaries: every like, every post, and every user count isn’t just anchored to the chain, but enforced by it. On-chain rules, not just on-chain content Most Web3 and blockch...