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# The Coming of MetaGame
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[](https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd6756ff-8bb3-482a-8043-0a6be1d14532_1920x1080.png)
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## Out of nowhere?
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Well, not really. I have been waiting for someone to do it, ever since my brain was first occupied by this “_Ethereum world computer_” meme;
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> “Holy shit! This is the software infrastructure layer we need for a fair socioeconomic system of the future!”
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It is only now that I said: _I’ll be damned if I don’t at least try._
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## Why now?
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Back in May, Peter published a call-to-action article titled “[Rising threats to Ethereum’s first mover advantage](https://medium.com/metacartel/rising-threats-to-ethereums-first-mover-advantage-6138bd6c860)” which introduced me to the colorful bunch you might know as the _MetaCartel_.
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He receives my message, and a week later, he’s onboarding me to the _MetaCartel_ — over a burrito and some ale, after the “Year of The DAO” meetup in Ljubljana, where I set out to meet him.
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Coming into _MetaCartel_ looking for problems — I noted a few things missing that would be useful for a rapidly expanding network:
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- Some sort of a guide — introducing people to what we’re about, and how to find your place among us,
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- Repositories of ideas, solutions, members — and their needs and offers,
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- A map of the whole thing.
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## MetaCartel Blackpaper v0.1
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[](https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6040c71-8657-4627-bfba-ec54dbc3c3a9_376x574.png)
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You may, if so curious, go and scroll through this [original paper](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RZw3l3wDxrZuyVW0j-ipbFDyy-_xUtmMqSd4wo2STjQ/edit) including the illustration above — but it has been long abandoned.
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I must have been writing it for no longer than 3 days, when Peter contacted me again, saying:
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> _“Hey, I like what you’re doing, here’s 1k DAI of the funds Binance gave me!”_
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It’s not a lot of money, but it’s a lot of affirmation — getting money without asking for it? Usually not even in crypto.
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## Onwards
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As my work on the paper progressed, more crucial elements were added:
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- Titles — knowing who’s accountable for what, keeps things moving and makes it easier to navigate the cartel.
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- Achievements — knowing who did what, also pretty useful.
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And with the idea growing from a simple way of making the _MetaCartel_ easier to understand and oversee, into… this; I needed to go out and meet more fellow _carteleans_, get some feedback and some apostles.
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So I got my ticket, helped put together the “_MetaCartel Mansion_” and boarded the plane to Berlin.
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[](https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedb1e41c-5983-43af-90b7-e11edfdf262c_1279x647.jpeg)
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Besides the _MetaCartel Demo Day_, my pilgrimage went around _DappCon_, _Token Engineering_, _Governance Games_, _ETHBerlin_ and whatever smaller event wasn’t too far off the trail — the folk seemed receptive to my meme, to say the least...
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Not having known I needed to register, devious tactics had to be deployed.
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- My debt towards the folk of _ETHBerlin_ was wiped by my helping the Odyssy _([DAOHaus](https://daohaus.club/))_ team, not just shillin’ muh own shie’.
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During the final hours of the hackathon, while waiting for the team presenting to the judges — my hand started sketching up the UX flowchart.. This is what came out:
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[](https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb5198a5b-57bc-404f-a077-5e52b15bb2ee_4000x2250.jpeg)
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> The left represents some of the components, the middle 1/3 represents the player journey, and the right side is the value proposition.
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Thinking through this complex system where not just people, but institution, may join — it became obvious there was a problem…
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- If the _Moloch DAO_, _Ethereum Foundation_, or _ConsenSys_ wanted to join, they would probably not want to be under the _MetaCartel_.
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- Let alone some people from outside crypto…
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It became apparent that _The Game_ has to be a layer above. _The Game,_ was no longer to be called _MetaCartel;_
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- The game is to be called _**MetaGame.**_
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- The concept behind it coined; “_**A Massive Online Coordination Game”**_
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[](https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf13f30a-9850-4f74-b166-e43c65c93369_595x294.png)
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## Genesis
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The first _MetaGame_ presentation was held by a lake with a wooden stick pointing at _the paper_ laying on the ground — and that’s about all you need to know about that faithful day…
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I traveled back home, almost missing my flight;
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- As soon as I had my 16 hour slumber, making amends for the pilgrimage behind me — the [MetaGame was ON](https://medium.com/@pethereum/wtf-is-metagame-93d4cd1294d2).
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And that’s how MetaGame was born;
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[](https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5625496b-3565-43c3-ae04-38c53c701f72_1595x808.png)
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