🔑 Token-Gated Communities

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Members are incentivized to protect and add value. ​​🏁 Players Token-Gated Communities - [MetaTrends]( • Get lifetime access to [Trends Pro]( Reports and our community. - [Poolsuite™]( • Grants early access to projects, members-only playlists and merch. - [Developer DAO]( • Educates Web3 builders. - [Friends With Benefits]( • A community of "cultural creators." - [Nouns DAO]( • Community-governed treasury built on daily auctions. - [SongADAO]( • A group supporting one song everyday. - [Flamingo DAO]( • NFT collector DAO. - [Her House]( • Community of womxn builders. Tools - [Collab.land]( • Gate access to Discord and Telegram. - [Guild.xyz]( • Set token requirements and build communities. - [MintGate]( • No-code store builder for NFTs and token-gated content. - [POAP]( • Digital mementos for shared moments. - [Aragon]( • Open-source infrastructure for DAOs. - [Snapshot]( • Cost-effective voting tool focused on "vote signaling." - [Rally]( • Platform for creators and communities. - [Bildr]( • Web3 tools, templates and building blocks. - [Bonfire]( • Tools to gate resources and reward engagement. - [Beyond]( • No-code tool to launch tokens, gate content and measure engagement. - [Mirror]( • Web3 toolkit to share and fund things. 🔮 Predictions - Token-gated communities will create and curate content. Together. - [JokeDAO]( rewards joke submissions with [$JOKE]( and [$JOKE]( holders vote. - [Time Writer]( is a collaborative writing project. - [Rally]( has a [content bounty program](. - [Forefront]( pays writers with [$FF](. - Token-gated communities will collect and invest together. - The [Flamingo DAO]( portfolio [reached $1B](. - [PartyBid]( helps groups bid on [NFTs](. - Metaverse spaces will be token-gated. See [Worldwide Webb](, [The Portal]( and [Metroverse](. - Non-transferrable ([Soulbound]() [NFTs]( will gain traction. [Thirdweb]( has 145,000 NFT owners. 0 NFTs have been sold. - In-person events will be token-gated. [FWB]( built [Gatekeeper]( to do this. - Calendar access will be token-gated. - [Vajresh]( opened his calendar to [$RLY]( token holders. - [Huddle]( pitches itself as [Zoom]( for Web3. ☁️ Opportunities - Allow members to earn tokens. This acts as proof of work. - [Subreddits]( reward high-quality contributions. See [MOON]( and [BRICK](. - [FWB]( lets members earn tokens by hosting events. - [Bankless]( pays BANK for completing bounties. - Offer fiat and token-gated access. Some communities are Web 2.5. - [MetaTrends]( is an NFT but we also accept fiat. - [Water & Music]( is token-gated and fiat-gated. - [Serial Marketer]( accepts fiat and has a [$CMO token](. - Create and curate content as a community. - [JokeDAO]( holds [joke races]( and allows token holders to vote. - [Forefront]( pays writers with [$FF](. - Create a permissionless community. [Guild]( has 400+ groups. 🏔️ Risks - Financial Accessibility • As tokens grow in value, it becomes expensive to join. The floor price for [PROOF]( access is $80,000+ at the moment. - Technical Accessibility • We're in the [early adopter phase]( of DAOs. 🔑 Key Lessons - NFT-gating is simple but less flexible than using fungible tokens. These are not mutually exclusive. - Think from first principles. Don't force solutions. You may not need tokens. 🔥 Hot Takes - [DAOs](, like [NFTs](, are primitives. These technologies are defined by early use cases. Although they are flexible and agnostic. A DAO can be a community, company, protocol, investment fund, city, country or who knows what else. - Token-gated physical communities will gain traction after digitally-native communities. We have [unsolved problems]( in governance, usability and tooling. Physical implementations compound problems. This won't stop us from trying. 😠Haters "Transaction costs are high."You want security for high-value tokens. There's [no free lunch](. Some token-gated communities use [L2s]( and centralized apps for operations. "What about speculators?"They're incentivized to add value to the community. To do otherwise puts their investment at risk. "This is exclusionary."This is a critique of gated communities. Not token-gated communities. That's beyond the scope of this report. 🔗 Links - [Who should I talk to about token-gated communities?]( • The tweet behind this report. - [Delivering Belonging in Web3]( • On the importance of community-building work. - [Designing Incentives for Web3 Communities]( • What is contributor mining? What Else? [Trends PRO #0082 — Token-Gated Communities]( has more insights. What you'll get: - 24 Token-Gated Communities (200% More) - 41 Tools (272% More) - 11 Predictions (83% More) - 12 Opportunities (200% More) - 4 Risks (100% More) - 4 Key Lessons (100% More) - 4 Hot Takes (100% More) - 10 Links (233% More) - 14-minute audio episode with exclusive Token-Gated Community stories, insights and opportunities. 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