💥Towns — is a web3 communications platform for online communities that offers a system for community owners and creators.
⚡According to the description, it looks like a decentralized uncensored encrypted discord with support for smart contracts.
It is possible to create channels inside Town, connect integrations, distribute rights, roles.
💥February 23 in Series A a16z invested $25.5M
💥Founders
Towns is the brainchild of HNT Labs, co-founded by two startup veterans Ben Rubin, co-founder of Houseparty and Meerkat, and Brian Meek, who was CTO of Strivr Labs and former head of engineering at Skype.
💥Components
1. Smart contracts. With the help of them you can program your Town square
2. Nodes
3. Messaging app with wallet integration built on the Towns protocol
💥Alpha release
🔅A chat server based on the Matrix protocol has been created in the alpha release. The team forked Matrix Dendrite and added authentication with an Ethereum wallet.
🔅After the release of the alpha release, the server platform can be replaced by proof-of-authority, which will give confidence that user messages are delivered honestly and are not censored by the nodes.
💥Smart contracts
🔅Smart contracts are used to establish community rules and define custom business models.
🔅You can interact with test smart contracts online goerli
💎Activities
🔅To become a tester, you need subscribe to Alpha access and leave your ETH address.
🔅Benefits of testers:
1. Getting an NFT that will give you access to Towns Alpha and the ability to mint your Town
2. Gaining access to Pioneer Town as early adopters
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