The Towns Ecosystem
With Towns, our compass is set toward one horizon: building better online hometowns for communities. In a world where the digital realm encompasses more and more of our daily lives, this is more important than ever. To make this real, moving away from centralized platforms to a decentralized approach is the path forward. For each community and its members to be owners, there can’t be a reliance on a single centralized actor to set the rules. We need a system where owners control their digital...
The Towns Ecosystem
With Towns, our compass is set toward one horizon: building better online hometowns for communities. In a world where the digital realm encompasses more and more of our daily lives, this is more important than ever. To make this real, moving away from centralized platforms to a decentralized approach is the path forward. For each community and its members to be owners, there can’t be a reliance on a single centralized actor to set the rules. We need a system where owners control their digital...
A New Foundation for Organized Online Groups
In traditional online communities, the platforms (Discord, Facebook, Telegram, etc.) set the rules for membership. Access is granted at the whim of centralized administrators, and members have no true ownership over their role in the community. Onchain towns upend this model by making membership a first-class onchain primitive. Onchain membership, where members provably own and govern the town through onchain representations of membership, is a defining characteristic that separates these tow...
A New Foundation for Organized Online Groups
In traditional online communities, the platforms (Discord, Facebook, Telegram, etc.) set the rules for membership. Access is granted at the whim of centralized administrators, and members have no true ownership over their role in the community. Onchain towns upend this model by making membership a first-class onchain primitive. Onchain membership, where members provably own and govern the town through onchain representations of membership, is a defining characteristic that separates these tow...
Onchain Towns
In our digital age, online communities have emerged as the new social hubs. They are vibrant spheres of interaction brimming with creative energy that unite us across shared interests. Yet the power these communities wield is leased, not owned, as a result of the boundaries set by the platforms they live on. This disconnect has created a narrative that we’re now all used to where companies permit and revoke access according to their own agenda. With the advent of web3 and onchain ownership, t...
Onchain Towns
In our digital age, online communities have emerged as the new social hubs. They are vibrant spheres of interaction brimming with creative energy that unite us across shared interests. Yet the power these communities wield is leased, not owned, as a result of the boundaries set by the platforms they live on. This disconnect has created a narrative that we’re now all used to where companies permit and revoke access according to their own agenda. With the advent of web3 and onchain ownership, t...
The Towns Vision
We envision a world where you are free to express yourself. Where you define the borders, and you set the rules. We envision a world where you build what you want, how you want. Over the past decade, the digital town squares where we’ve gathered online—to communicate, create, and share—have been stuck in walled gardens. Moderation is inconsistent and confusing. Self-serving business models are built on the backs of users’ content. We no longer feel like owners of our online experience. We no ...
The Towns Vision
We envision a world where you are free to express yourself. Where you define the borders, and you set the rules. We envision a world where you build what you want, how you want. Over the past decade, the digital town squares where we’ve gathered online—to communicate, create, and share—have been stuck in walled gardens. Moderation is inconsistent and confusing. Self-serving business models are built on the backs of users’ content. We no longer feel like owners of our online experience. We no ...
