dapps.co
Own, invest, and earn from communities you build
About
The problem it solves # Dapps.co: Where Communities Become Investable Assets ## What We're Building **Imagine if Reddit communities were stocks you could invest in, Discord servers paid their moderators automatically, and Twitter creators actually owned their audience.** Dapps.co transforms online communities into a new asset class. We're building the first social platform where communities work like startups - they can raise capital, share revenue, and grow in value. ## How It Works **For Creators & Community Builders:** When you create a community on Dapps.co, you're not just starting a forum - you're launching a micro-economy. Every time someone invests in your community by buying shares, you earn a percentage. As your community grows from 100 to 10,000 members, early believers profit alongside you. **Real Example:** A web3 enthusiast launched a community called degenNews to share byte sized news and updates with their followers. Early supporters buy shares at $0.50. As the community grows to host exclusive tracks, production tutorials, and live sessions, shares rise to $5. The creator earns from every transaction, while early investors 10x their investment. **For Members & Investors:** Instead of just "joining" communities, you can invest in them. Own a piece of that crypto trading group that always has alpha. Your shares increase in value as communities grow, with guaranteed liquidity through our bonded curve mechanism. ## The Revolution We're Leading Traditional platforms extract 100% of the value from communities. Reddit's IPO made billionsfor the platform but the communities that build up the network got no returns from it. Discord servers with 100K+ members generate zero revenue for their creators. **We flip this model:** Communities keep the value they create. No ads. No data harvesting. Just pure community ownership where growth benefits everyone involved. **16,000+ users already using the platform. 90,000+ on the waitlist. The ownership economy isn't coming - it's here.** --- *Built by the team that launched India's first Ethereum exchange in 2016. We recently won TON Hackathon winner and Soonami Venturethon. * Smart Contract Address(es) 0x4dcDc58B212f228364B6F5cB4B88e684e1be61Ca
How it's made
Challenges we ran into **Problem: Building Trust:** We needed users to trust investing in communities, but crypto's reputation is plagued by rug pulls. Traditional bonding curves weren't enough—we needed *psychological* security, not just mathematical. **Our breakthrough:** We made **liquidity = market cap** by locking all invested funds in the smart contract. This means creators literally *cannot* run away with the money—it's impossible by design. We tested this with 20 beta users who initially refused to invest. After understanding this mechanism, 17 invested within 24 hours. **Problem: Web3 onboarding** Web3 wallets scared away 80% of our target creators. They wanted to earn, not learn blockchain. **Solution:** Built a progressive disclosure system—creators start with email signup and see earnings in USD. All on-chain activities work in the background without user having to setup any external wallet.