Progressive Decentralization

Work in Progress

Season 1 - Team Initiation

As we get started with the vision of building the real metaverse with MatterCity, the founding team will manage all aspects of the platform, including gameplay & tokenomics design, product development & iteration, and fundraising & marketing. This stage is necessary to ensure the platform and its underlying technologies could be funded and developed for the launch.

Time Period	September 2021 - May 2022
Who makes decisions?	The founding team
Who executes?	The founding team
Who owns (most of) governance tokens?	No one - tokens are not generated yet
Where does funding come from?	Founding team + early investors
How decentralized is MatterCity?	No decentralization yet

Season 2 - Team Management & Community Participation

Time Period	June 2022 - December 2022
Who makes decisions?	The founding team, but community members can submit proposals, conduct off-chain votes, and join the founding team
Who executes?	The founding team
Who owns (most of) governance tokens?	Founding team + investors
Where does funding come from?	Founding team + investors
How decentralized is MatterCity?	Slightly decentralized

Season 3 - DAO & Founding Team Collaboration

Time Period	January 2023 - January 2024
Who makes decisions?	Both the community (MatterverseDAO) and the team (through permission on-chain voting)
Who executes?	Mostly the community, with the team managing some critical components of the platform
Who owns (most of) governance tokens?	Community Treasury (Matterverse DAO)
Where does funding come from?	Founding team + investors + community
How decentralized is MatterCity?	moderately decentralized

Season 4 - DAO Governance

Time Period	January 2024
Who makes decisions?	the Matterverse DAO (through on-chain voting)
Who executes?	members in the Matterverse DAO
Who owns (most of) governance tokens?	The community
Where does funding come from?	Community Treasury
How decentralized is MatterCity?	completely decentralized