friend.tech is a Web3 SocialFi app and Base-based onchain social platform that uses keys, or social-token access, to let users tokenize their social network. Buying someone's share grants the owner the ability to exchange private messages with that person, and the app includes a withdraw ETH function. friend.tech was founded by Racer and Shrimp, and it describes itself with the slogan "precious spaces online and onchain" on X. friend.tech's TwitterScore is 407 out of 1000.

friend.tech announced a seed round from Paradigm in August 2023, according to CoinDesk. CoinGecko lists FRIEND on Base with contract 0x0bd...f86670, chains Base Ecosystem, and categories SocialFi and Base Native, with a circulating and total supply of 94,885,121, an all-time high of $3.26 on May 03, 2024, and an all-time low of $0.001089 on Jun 06, 2026. DefiLlama lists friend.tech as a SoFi protocol on Base with the description "Your network is your net worth," showing Total Value Locked of $1.56m, cumulative fees of $64.3m, cumulative revenue of $32.06m, and 8 active addresses over 24h on the page retrieved June 30, 2026. CryptoRank tags Friend.tech as Inactive and describes it as a Web3 SocialFi app.

In September 2024, friend.tech transferred admin and ownership parameters of its smart contracts to the Ethereum null address, according to Cointelegraph, which was reported as a factual contract-control action, not a legal proceeding. friend.tech has 134,120 followers and 1,260 posts on X, ranking at #585 among all tracked accounts.

Smart Followers

The accounts that follow friend.tech include 1,128 founders, 260 angel investors, 1,306 influencers and 41 VCs, among them jesse.base.eth, Toly, Ansem, Laura Shin, 6529 and Stani. friend.tech is mentioned by 1,230 accounts across the platform, with a total of 3,056 mentions.