In traditional online communities, the platforms 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

Ownable town squares for online communities. 

Towns is a group messaging app for creating better digital hometowns. Built on @buildonriver by HNT Labs


When membership itself is represented onchain, it unlocks a world of possibilities that enable true community ownership:

- Composability
- Provable Ownership
- Transferability

As more of the world moves onchain, from social applications to games and marketplaces, having a provably owned membership token that is tied to onchain identity and reputation will become increasingly important.

As more of the world moves onchain, from social applications to games and marketplaces, having a provably owned membership token that is tied to onchain identity and reputation will become increasingly important.

https://mirror.xyz/towns.eth/IT4kG5J8zwu3hjpH7toIQqqQFyUOkvS9-lRPsAno94o

Onchain towns upend this model by making membership a first-class onchain primitive. Onchain membership, where members provably own + govern a town through onchain representations of membership, is a defining characteristic between these towns and traditional online communities