The network society movement is growing fast, but the infrastructure is lagging behind.
EdgeOS is an open-source stack built for the real needs of popup cities and network societies. In just the first year we’ve had 10,000 high-profile users, $500k in payment volume processed (in 2024), and adoption from other leading popup city projects like ZuBerlin.
We’re raising $200K to sustain and expand the platform over the next 12 months, making it available to communities around the world and giving supporters early access the the beginnings of a global movement.
The popup city and network society space is booming, with thousands of people participating in these events in 2025. Organizers face unique challenges that current tools don't adequately address - from handling applications and approvals to integrated ticketing and community coordination.
Simultaneously, developers eager to build or test products in this growing ecosystem lack a unified platform to understand participant data, event scheduling, and community engagement patterns. Without standardized infrastructure, they must create custom integrations for each community. Plus, developers would be able to create new experiences enabled by this two-way data flow.
We have worked with many great projects such as Propel, ZuPass, Social Layer, Cursive, Space/Time and more, and all have had issues building and integrating for this growing movement. Based on these experiences, Edge City and SimpleFi are seeking funding to collaboratively build EdgeOS, an open-source platform that will significantly reduce development barriers for Web3 communities and network societies.
Please see our EdgeOS repo here.
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