Communities run on trust. Now they can bank on it.
Your people already take care of each other — a favor here, a kindness there, a hand when it matters. barter.game gives that care a memory: a bank of your own, where every good deed counts and no one is forgotten.
Promises issued by communities, not central banks.
A community bank is a simple idea: instead of money, members trade promises. A voucher is a promise of goods or services — when you receive someone's promise, your balance goes up; when that promise is redeemed, it goes down. barter.game gives every community the tools to run this itself — while staying connected to a wider federated network of communities.
Community-issued vouchers
Each community issues and manages its own vouchers — promises of goods and services, backed by the trust of its members.
Your own landing page
Every community gets a customizable public page to present itself and onboard new members.
Federated by design
Communities stay independent yet interconnected, so trade can flow across the whole network.
Standing alone. Growing together.
Every community on barter.game is a sovereign bank — its own keys, its own ledger, its own rules. But no community is an island: members can trade across communities, so promises flow through the network the way a forest feeds itself — quietly, directly, with no center and no gatekeeper.
A full bank behind every community.
This isn't a profile page with a points balance. Each community gets a real, cryptographically signed ledger with its own keys, its own vouchers, and its own member accounts — served from its own URL and federated with every other community bank on the network.
You define what new members see when they arrive: the headline, the story, the onboarding text, and the colors that make it yours.
From signup to your own bank in a minute.
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Register
Create your free account with just an email address.
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Create a community
Spin up your own community bank in seconds — create as many as you like.
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Customize its landing page
Set your headline, description, onboarding text, and colors.
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Invite members
Share your community page and start trading vouchers with your members.
A real community, running right now.
This is Maplewood Neighbors, a live demo community where members trade hours of help — balances, offers, and a signed ledger, all in the browser.
The fine print, in large print.
Is this real money?
No. Vouchers are promises between members of a community — an hour of help, a borrowed tool, a home-cooked meal. They have value because your community honors them, not because anyone speculates on them. There is no cryptocurrency, token, or cash-out.
What does it cost?
barter.game is free. Every community gets its bank, its public page, and hosting at no charge.
Do my members need to install anything or share personal data?
No installs — the bank runs in the browser and works on phones. Members join from your community link with just a handle and a password; no email or personal details required.
Who controls a community's ledger?
The community does. Each bank has its own cryptographic keys, and transfers are signed by members' own keys — barter.game hosts the infrastructure but cannot move anyone's balance.
What kind of community is this for?
Timebanks trading hours, neighborhoods sharing favors and tools, mutual credit networks, local currencies, intentional communities — anywhere people already take care of each other and want that care to count. See our guides for timebanks, mutual credit networks, and community currencies.
Ready to start your community bank?
Registration is free, and your first community takes less than a minute to set up.
Create your own community