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LUKSO

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LUKSO is a layer-1 blockchain designed for social, cultural and creative applications. It is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine and uses Ethereum-based technology while introducing its own standards for smart-contract accounts, metadata, digital assets, permissions and user profiles.[1][2]

LUKSO was co-founded by Fabian Vogelsteller and Marjorie Hernandez. Vogelsteller was an early Ethereum developer and co-author of ERC-20, the Ethereum token standard widely used for fungible tokens.[2][3] Hernandez worked in digital innovation and fashion technology and co-founded The Dematerialised, a digital-fashion marketplace.[4]

The LUKSO mainnet launched in May 2023. Its native token is LYX.[5] In November 2023, LUKSO launched Universal Profiles on mainnet. Universal Profiles are smart-contract-based accounts intended to combine wallet functionality, profile data, permissions and interactions with decentralized applications under one account structure.[6]

History

Origins

LUKSO was developed by Fabian Vogelsteller and Marjorie Hernandez as a blockchain project for the creative economy, including applications in fashion, art, social media, gaming, digital goods and online communities.[2][1] The project grew out of Vogelsteller's earlier work on Ethereum standards and Hernandez's work in digital innovation and fashion technology.[2][4]

Vogelsteller joined the Ethereum Foundation during Ethereum's early development period and worked on Ethereum Wallet, the Mist browser and web3.js.[2] He later co-authored ERC-20 with Vitalik Buterin and proposed ERC-725, a draft Ethereum standard for smart-contract accounts with generic execution and data storage.[3][7]

The ideas behind ERC-725 later influenced LUKSO's account standards. In ordinary Ethereum accounts, users are represented by externally owned accounts controlled by private keys. These accounts can hold assets and send transactions, but they do not have a native place to store profile information, recovery settings or application-specific permissions. LUKSO was designed around smart-contract accounts that could store data, execute actions and be recognized by applications through a shared standards system.[7][2]

Reversible ICO

Before the LUKSO mainnet launch, the project used a fundraising mechanism called a Reversible ICO, or rICO. A reversible ICO allowed participants to reserve tokens and buy them gradually over time, while retaining the ability to return unpurchased reserved tokens and withdraw the corresponding ETH.[8][9]

The LUKSO rICO went live on the Ethereum mainnet in May 2020.[8] By the end of the sale, nearly 5.5 million LYX had been purchased, valued at approximately US$18 million at the time.[9] The rICO used LYXe, an ERC-20 token on Ethereum that was later migrated to LYX, the native token of the LUKSO blockchain.[2]

Mainnet launch

The LUKSO testnet launched on 3 May 2023, followed by the mainnet on 23 May 2023.[5] The network was launched as a proof-of-stake blockchain using Ethereum-based technology. LUKSO's technical documentation states that the mainnet launched with about 185 nodes distributed globally and that LUKSO itself operated none of them.[5]

The Shapella update, which enabled validator withdrawals, was activated on LUKSO mainnet on 30 June 2023.[5] Universal Profiles were released in beta in September 2023 and went live on mainnet in November 2023.[10][6]

Technology

Network design

LUKSO is a layer-1 blockchain compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine.[1] This means that the network can run Ethereum-style smart contracts and use much of the same developer tooling as Ethereum. LUKSO describes itself as using an unmodified version of Ethereum while adding standards intended for social, cultural and creative applications.[1]

The network uses proof of stake for consensus. Validators secure the network by staking LYX, the native token of LUKSO.[11] Like Ethereum, LUKSO's validator model originally used 32 tokens per validator. After its Pectra upgrade, the project's documentation stated that validators could deposit between 32 and 2048 LYX per validator depending on the amount specified when generating validator keys.[11]

Layer-1 rationale

LUKSO was created as a separate layer-1 blockchain rather than as a layer-2 network on Ethereum. The project rationale was that its account and standards model would be part of the network's default design rather than an optional layer used by only some applications.[1][12]

The project also argued that a separate network gave it more control over standards for accounts, metadata, permissions and assets while retaining Ethereum compatibility.[12] In 2023, Vogelsteller argued that Ethereum and popular layer-2 networks faced capacity and cost constraints, and that LUKSO needed its own network to provide a dedicated environment for profile-based accounts and creative applications.[2]

This rationale is project-specific. Other blockchain projects have taken different approaches, including layer-2 systems, sidechains, application-specific chains and Ethereum-native standards.

LUKSO Standard Proposals

LUKSO Standard Proposals, or LSPs, are the main technical standards used in the LUKSO ecosystem. They define how accounts, digital assets, metadata, permissions, notifications and interactions work across applications.[13]

The purpose of the LSP system is to give applications a shared way to understand users, assets and account data. In a conventional blockchain wallet, an address may hold assets but does not usually include readable profile information or detailed permissions. LUKSO's standards allow a smart-contract account to hold profile metadata, list received assets, use multiple permissioned keys and interact with other applications through standardized functions.[13][14]

Important LSPs include LSP0, which defines the ERC725Account used by Universal Profiles; LSP3, which defines profile metadata; LSP4, which defines digital-asset metadata; LSP6, which defines permission management; LSP7, which defines a digital-asset standard; LSP8, which defines uniquely identifiable digital assets; LSP25, which defines relayed execution; and LSP26, which defines a follower system for social interactions.[13]

Universal Profiles

Universal Profiles are smart-contract accounts on LUKSO. They are designed to act both as blockchain accounts and as readable public profiles for applications.[10][6]

A Universal Profile can hold assets, interact with smart contracts, store profile metadata and use different permissioned keys. This differs from a basic externally owned account, which is controlled by a single private key and does not have a native way to store account information readable by applications.[10][14]

Universal Profiles are based on LSP0-ERC725Account. LSP0 uses ERC725X for generic execution and ERC725Y for generic key-value data storage.[14] In practical terms, this means the account can both perform actions, such as calling smart contracts, and store information, such as profile metadata or lists of received assets. LSP6 Key Manager adds permission management so that different keys, devices or applications can have different levels of authority over the same account.[13]

Universal Profiles are intended to make decentralized applications easier to use. They can function as an account for applications such as social media, payments and NFTs, while allowing information and interactions to remain associated with the same smart-contract-based profile.[6]

Use in creative industries

LUKSO has been positioned around cultural and creative-industry use cases, especially digital fashion, digital goods, provenance and creator identity.[2][1]

In 2021, Eric Pfrunder, the former artistic director for fashion at Chanel and a close collaborator of Karl Lagerfeld, registered Lagerfeld's photographic archive on LUKSO. The archive included more than 120,000 images.[15] The project was described in relation to authenticity, digital certificates, traceability and possible NFT-based releases.[15]

Vogue Business later described LUKSO as one of the public, decentralized blockchain networks operating in the fashion and luxury space, contrasting it with private blockchain initiatives such as the Aura Blockchain Consortium.[4] The article identified product authenticity, provenance, digital identity and interoperability as recurring themes in luxury-industry blockchain projects.[4]

LUKSO's positioning differs from blockchains aimed primarily at financial trading or decentralized finance. Its standards focus on social accounts, digital assets, creator metadata, permissions and user profiles, which are intended to support applications for creators, brands, communities and digital goods.[13][2]

Ecosystem and applications

LUKSO's ecosystem is organized around Universal Profiles and LSP-based applications. The standards are intended to allow applications to interact with the same account model instead of each application creating its own account system.[13]

Examples of application categories include profile-based social applications, digital-asset collections, creator tools, NFT-related projects, permissioned accounts, digital certificates and relayed transactions.[13][6] Relayed transactions allow a third party to pay transaction fees on behalf of a user, which can reduce the need for new users to acquire the native token before using an application.[10][13]

The project has also supported developer resources, including documentation, smart-contract implementations, a developer playground and network tools.[13][11]

Token

LYX is the native token of the LUKSO blockchain. It is used for transaction fees and staking.[11] Before mainnet, LYXe existed as an ERC-20 token on Ethereum and was used in the LUKSO rICO and genesis-validator process. After the mainnet launch, LYXe was migrated to native LYX.[2]

LUKSO's documentation states that the mainnet launched with an initial supply of 42 million LYX.[5] Token prices and circulating supply can vary over time and are not generally included in encyclopedic summaries unless they are historically significant.

Reception and comparison

LUKSO has been discussed as part of a wider effort to make blockchain applications easier for non-technical users. Its Universal Profiles were designed to address problems common to externally owned accounts, including difficult account recovery, limited account metadata and the need for users to manage gas fees directly.[10]

The project is also one of several approaches to blockchain identity and account usability. Other systems have focused on domain names, zero-knowledge identity, account abstraction, smart wallets or layer-2 scaling. LUKSO's approach combines an EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain with standards for smart-contract accounts, profile metadata, digital assets and permission management.[2][13]

LUKSO has not reached the scale of Ethereum, which remains the dominant smart-contract blockchain by developer activity, liquidity and application ecosystem. Its notability is instead tied to its founder's Ethereum-standard history, its use of ERC-725-derived account standards, its Universal Profiles model and its early positioning in fashion, luxury and creative-industry blockchain use cases.[2][15][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "About LUKSO". LUKSO. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Nijkerk, Margaux (5 April 2023). "Inventor of Ethereum's ERC-20 Token Standard Plans New Blockchain 'LUKSO' for Creative Types". CoinDesk. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vogelsteller, Fabian; Buterin, Vitalik (19 November 2015). "ERC-20: Token Standard". Ethereum Improvement Proposals. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 McDowell, Maghan (26 April 2021). "The blockchain playbook: From LVMH's Aura to Arianee". Vogue Business. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Project Timeline". LUKSO Tech Documentation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Nijkerk, Margaux (8 November 2023). "Lukso Blockchain Releases Universal Profiles on Mainnet". CoinDesk. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Vogelsteller, Fabian; Yasaka, Tyler (2 October 2017). "ERC-725: General data key/value store and execution". Ethereum Improvement Proposals. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Behrens, Alexander (28 May 2020). "Ethereum token standard author launches his next big thing". Decrypt. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Ethereum OG Raises $18M With First Reversible ICO". The Defiant. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Nijkerk, Margaux (12 September 2023). "Fabian Vogesteller's Lukso Blockchain Adds 'Universal Profiles,' in Push for 'Fancy' Ethereum". CoinDesk. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Become a validator". LUKSO Tech Documentation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "LUKSO Tech Documentation". LUKSO Tech Documentation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 "The LUKSO Standard Proposals". LUKSO Tech Documentation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "LSP0 - ERC725 Account". LUKSO Tech Documentation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Edelson, Sharon (7 April 2021). "Karl Lagerfeld's photographic legacy is moving to the blockchain. What does that mean?". Vogue Business. Retrieved 13 June 2026.


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