Towns Protocol is a protocol for building decentralized real-time messaging applications. It consists of an EVM-compatible L2 chain, decentralized off-chain streaming nodes, and smart contracts deployed on Base. Towns Protocol allows people to create programmable communication use cases called "Spaces" in a permissionless manner. These Spaces are ownable, with on-chain subscriptions ("memberships"), a scalable reputation system, and end-to-end message encryption.