Million Squares Project (millionsquaresproject.com) is a 2026 pixel wall: $1 per square via Stripe, forever, on a 1000×1000 grid where you drag-select a block and place an image or GIF that links out, with a Hall of Founders and a tie-in to the $MSP memecoin. Square Town (square.pov.town) is a favicon wall: a 1×1 square on a live 3D grid is free, Square Town fetches your favicon, and anyone can evict you for double what you paid, $1 minimum. The difference is static paid ownership with a crypto angle versus a free, card-for-evictions wall with a game loop.
At a glance
| Million Squares Project | Square Town | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1 per square, Stripe, forever | Free (evict for $1+); every square is 1×1 |
| What you place | Image or GIF per square block, linking out | Your site's favicon (fetched from the URL) + link |
| How you pick a spot | Drag-select a block on the 1000×1000 grid | Click any empty cell in the live area |
| Ownership model | Permanent | Own it until someone pays double what you paid |
| Can you lose your spot? | No | Yes — eviction at 2× your price, $1 minimum |
| Game mechanics | Hall of Founders; $MSP memecoin tie-in | Evictions, one Throne ($100 intro, doubles), free public kisses, rings unlock at 75 % fill, Hall of Clowns, boards |
| Live? | Not verified in our August 2026 check | Yes — WebSockets push every claim, eviction, kiss, unlock |
| 3D? | No | Yes — favicons are towers, height = clicks + kisses |
| Analytics | Not verified | Views, clicks, kisses per deed; $5 one-time for per-day charts |
| Accounts | Not verified | None — a secret deed URL is the only proof |
| Payment | Stripe | None to claim; Stripe (card) for evictions, the Throne and analytics; no crypto |
| Audience | MDH-style buyers plus memecoin holders | Indie hackers, side projects, anyone with a URL |
| Launched | 2026 | August 2026 |
| Status (Aug 2026) | Active; 17 of 1,000,000 squares sold | Active; central 16×16 live, grows to 1,048,576 squares |
Million Squares Project facts are as of August 2026 from our competitor snapshot.
What Million Squares Project does well
Blocks and GIFs. Drag-select as many squares as you want and fill the block with an image — or an animated GIF. That is a more expressive canvas than a 16-pixel favicon. If you want your square to move, this is the one that lets it.
Permanent. No eviction. Pay once and the block is yours.
A founders' list. The Hall of Founders records early buyers. Being #12 on a wall is a status you keep. Square Town's equivalent is the leaderboards — most clicked, most kissed — which reward activity rather than being early.
A token community, if you want one. The $MSP memecoin ties the wall to a crypto audience that may show up for reasons beyond the grid. Square Town has no token and never will; the only payments (evictions, the Throne, analytics) are card via Stripe.
Same processor, when Square Town charges at all. Both use Stripe — Million Squares Project for every square, Square Town only for evictions, the Throne and analytics. A square itself is free on Square Town, so the buying experience is a dollar shorter.
What Square Town does differently
Favicon, not upload. Paste a URL and Square Town fetches the favicon via Google's favicon service. There is no image, no GIF, no drag-select. This is deliberately less expressive and requires zero work; a site with no favicon gets a clown emoji and a place in the Hall of Clowns.
One size. Every square is 1×1. You can claim several, and they don't have to touch, but you cannot make yours bigger than anyone else's. Standing out means position, click height and kisses.
Ownership can change hands. Anyone can evict any square by paying double its last price, $1 minimum: free → $1 → $2 → $4. The Throne — the 4×4 dead centre — starts at $100 and doubles with every eviction. Nothing on Million Squares Project can be taken from you; that is its promise and also why it is static.
Kisses. Anyone can kiss any icon — free, public and counted — and each kiss adds a storey to its tower. Dead sites stay cheap to evict; the wall doesn't slowly become a graveyard of dead links.
The wall never looks empty. Million Squares Project had 17 of 1,000,000 squares sold in our August 2026 check, on a full 1000×1000 canvas. Square Town only shows its live area: 16×16 at launch, growing by 4 cells in every direction each time it is 75 % full. Density is enforced by the ring-unlock rule.
Live and 3D. Claims, evictions, kisses and unlocks reach every open browser over WebSockets. Ctrl+drag tilts the wall into 3D, where each favicon is a tower whose height is its clicks plus kisses.
Analytics per square. After claiming you get a secret deed URL with views, clicks and kisses; $5 one-time unlocks per-day charts. The whole wall is readable as JSON at /api/state.
No crypto. Not an NFT, no token, no wallet. A free square; Stripe and a card only if you evict. That is a feature for one audience and a missing feature for another; we're clear about which audience we're for.
Who should pick Million Squares Project
- You want a block of squares with your own image or an animated GIF on it.
- You want permanence with no chance of eviction.
- You hold or want $MSP, or you want to be part of a token-linked community.
- You want to be on the Hall of Founders while the count is still in double digits.
Who should pick Square Town
- You want a free spot with nothing to design and nothing to hold in a wallet.
- You have several URLs — five squares is $5, forever* — see Square Town for developers with many side projects: a free square per favicon.
- You want the wall to be alive: live feed, evictions, kisses, unlock announcements, 3D click towers.
- You want a spot that is worth something because it can be contested.
- You want views and clicks per square, and per-day charts for $5.
Can you use both?
Yes — $1, all of it to Million Squares Project. It gives you a permanent block with an image; Square Town gives you a free favicon square in a live, contested wall. It's an easy experiment. The full field of cheap walls is ranked at Every pixel wall you can still buy a spot on, ranked (August 2026); Square Town's prices are at Pricing — a square is free, forever*.
FAQ
How is Million Squares Project different from Square Town?
Million Squares Project sells $1 squares via Stripe; Square Town squares are free, and Stripe only appears when someone evicts (from $1). Million Squares Project lets you drag-select a block and place an image or GIF, is permanent, has a Hall of Founders and ties into the $MSP memecoin. Square Town shows only your site's favicon, has one 1×1 size, lets anyone evict you for double ($1 minimum), is live over WebSockets and can be viewed in 3D.
Is Square Town a crypto or NFT project?
No. Square Town squares are free; evictions, the Throne and analytics are paid via Stripe (card). It has no token, no NFT and no wallet. Million Squares Project accepts Stripe too but is tied to the $MSP memecoin.
Can I put a GIF on Square Town?
No. Square Town displays the favicon of the URL you paste, fetched via Google's favicon service. If the site has no favicon it gets a clown emoji until it does.
How many squares are taken on each?
As of August 2026, Million Squares Project had 17 of 1,000,000 squares sold. Square Town does not publish a running count in its content; the live number is in the public /api/state JSON. Square Town only shows its live area, which grows as it fills.
Can I lose my square on Square Town?
Yes. Anyone can evict you by paying double what you paid ($1 minimum). Million Squares Project squares are permanent.
Does either give SEO value?
Square Town does not sell backlinks or link equity: the wall is a WebGL canvas and clicks go through a counted redirect. Buy a square for visibility, the game and the analytics. We make no claim about Million Squares Project's markup.