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You figured it out.
Now you need a home.

Your data lives on someone else's servers. Your identity is rented. Your community exists at the pleasure of a corporation that can pull the plug, sell the data, or ban you without explanation.

Most people are still figuring that out. You already did something about it.

Valeria City is for the ones who made the move.

Apply For Membership
// What you're walking into

No landlords.
No platform risk.
No algorithm.

A tightly-knit group of people running their own infrastructure. We use Urbit. We rely on peer-to-peer tools. We don't ask permission to exist.

This isn't a place for people who are curious about decentralization. It's a place for people who are already doing it and want to help other people to understand why.

If you're already on the network, get in touch with ~minder-folden. If you're not yet (and you want to be) start here.
// access criteria
you belong here if
  • You're already running your own Urbit node
  • You understand why centralized platforms are the problem, not the solution
  • You build cool shit: code, writing, art, systems
  • You prefer small, high-signal rooms over large, noisy ones
  • You're willing to vouch for the people you bring in
This isn't for you if
  • You're still waiting to see how this decentralization thing plays out
  • You want a big audience more than a real community
  • You'd rather talk about building than build
  • You think "cypherpunk" is an aesthetic choice
// apply

The city is already running. Become a citizen.

Membership is by application. We keep the group small enough that everyone knows each other. Quality over quantity.

Apply For Membership