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Towns Protocol

Towns Protocol is an open-source, open messaging protocol built on Base that powers private, on-chain group chats ("Towns/Spaces") with native crypto features such as memberships, tipping, and token trading. It serves crypto communities, traders, creators, and developers who want to build bots and monetized social experiences directly inside chat.
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Current stage: Series B1 current maintainer1 active lead1 new active lead1 lead step-down

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


Towns Protocol


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Towns is a decentralized communication protocol and application designed to empower communities to build, own, and govern their digital town squares. Leveraging Ethereum-based smart contracts, it offers end-to-end encrypted messaging, decentralized storage via distributed stream nodes, and programmable spaces that allow for customizable access, monetization, and governance. Communities can sell exclusive access to group chats, retain full ownership of their data, and establish immutable, on-chain memberships.

Category: Infrastructure