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 |
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