Metis: The ReGenesis project we launched is a rebirth of the blockchain ecosystem

Author: Natalia Ameline, Metis Foundation

Compiled by: ChainCatcher

To Metis Community Members:

In this rapidly changing cycle, we are at a critical node in the history of Web3 development. Past success does not represent future victory. The weakness of Ethereum, the end of Web3 social experiments, and changes in user behavior all remind us: if we do not actively change, we will eventually be eliminated.

But Metis has never been a passive Layer2. We are a changemaker, a team willing to stand up and save the future of human beings in the Ethereum ecosystem, even the entire Web3 and even the AI ​​era.

The ReGenesis project we launched is not just an upgrade, but a rebirth of the blockchain ecosystem.

Part 1: Why Metis wants to do ReGenesis?

1. Ethereum’s weakness and the end of the Web3 social experiment

Looking back on this cycle, Ethereum's performance can be said to be quite weak, and this not only affects Ethereum itself, but also affects the entire Ethereum ecosystem, especially the Layer2 solution built around it. We believe that the core reason for Ethereum's poor performance in this round is that the social experiment of Web3 has ended , but Ethereum has failed to adapt to the new market environment in time.

Specifically, the end of the Web3 social experiment is mainly reflected in two aspects:

• DeFi 's innovation enters a bottleneck period **
  **As the core application of the last cycle, DeFi has completed the verification of basic theories, and the industry is very clear about its underlying principles. However, due to the lack of new breakthrough innovations, DeFi growth began to slow down, and capital and user enthusiasm gradually cooled down.

• Changes in behavior of existing users **
  **Due to the deepening of industry awareness and the uncertainty brought about by rapid market changes, more and more users are shifting from their past long-term vision to maximizing short-term benefits. They focus more on capital utilization, opportunity costs , and how to obtain greater benefits in a short period of time, rather than simply supporting decentralized idealism.

Against this background, Ethereum should follow market laws, adjust its strategy, pay more attention to the implementation of ecological applications, and bring more practical value to users. However, it still insists on the spirit of technological innovation and decentralization as its main priority, while ignoring the market's demand for an ecosystem that is more efficient, lower cost and more wealth-influenced.

**2. Ethereum vs. Solana & Base: Different strategies, different

results**

The winners of this cycle are Solana and Base, not Ethereum. These two public chains have adopted completely different strategies—

• Solana sacrifices decentralization in exchange for ultimate performance and reduces usage costs
  • Low Gas fees + high-speed trading capabilities make Solana an active center for NFT, DeFi and even meme culture.
  • By encouraging developers and users to build "more fun and wealth-effect" scenarios, Solana has achieved a win-win situation in user growth and capital aggregation in this cycle.
• Base relies on Coinbase ecological traffic diversion to create a low-threshold and high-activity on-chain experience
  • Through the advantages of meme culture and low gas fees, Base has become a popular public chain for users to pour in.
  • Users do not care about whether Base is decentralized. What they are more concerned about is whether they can find " money-making effect" or " fun and fun experience" here.

In contrast, Ethereum's progress in these aspects seems to be too slow.
Although it is still the most decentralized and secure programmable blockchain in the world, current users are more concerned about transaction costs, interactive experiences and whether they can find sufficiently attractive application scenarios . Therefore, Ethereum has been frequently criticized by users during this cycle, while Solana and Base have successfully seized the market.

3. Metis, as Layer2, why should I stand up?

Metis is not a traditional "Ethereum Layer2" that has been unique since its birth. **
**If you look back at Metis ' development history, you will find that we have always existed as "changers" rather than simply following Ethereum's pace:

1. We are the first Layer2 to propose “DAO as the core of governance” * Metis was even originally named MetisDAO . We believe that decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) will be an important direction for blockchain governance in the future. Unlike many chains that prioritize performance and ease of use at the expense of decentralization, we are confident that we can achieve the right balance between flexibility and decentralization. This allows us to adapt quickly and efficiently to the ever-changing industry landscape.
2. We are the first Layer2 to decide to adopt off-chain DA (data availability) * At that time, many people disagree and believed that off-chain DA violated "pure decentralization". However, today, off-chain DA has become the mainstream trend in Layer2 's development , which proves that our original choice was correct.
3. We always pursue cutting-edge technological breakthroughs * ZK (zero knowledge proof) was laid out very early and promoted the development of projects such as ZKM and GOAT .
4. We are the only Layer2 that has already launched a decentralized sorter * The Ethereum ecosystem has always advocated decentralization, but most Layer2 still relies on centralized sorters at present, and Metis is the only Layer2 that has truly launched a decentralized sorter , ensuring the continuation of the spirit of blockchain.

From these facts, it can be seen that Metis has never been a passive role in adapting to the market, but an actor who actively promotes industry change .
Therefore, in this cycle, we will not choose to remain silent, but will play the role of a changer again, promote the ReGenesis plan, and bring new thinking and direction to the Ethereum ecosystem and even the entire industry.

4. ReGenesis: A "rebirth"

The core goal of the ReGenesis plan is to solve the core contradictions of the current blockchain ecosystem :

• On the one hand, Ethereum needs to continue to maintain its technological leadership and ensure a decentralized underlying architecture.
• On the other hand, the ecosystem needs innovation and growth to attract more users and capital, and create more interesting and attractive application scenarios.

To resolve this contradiction, ReGenesis plans to advance along two main lines:

1. Research on cutting-edge technology * Introduce high-performance architectures to support more real-time and higher frequency applications and development scenarios. * Bet on the AI ​​track and solve the problem of AI alignment with human values ​​by incubating LazAI .
2. Build and introduce more interesting ecological applications * As a new growth point of blockchain, AI has huge application potential. It can not only enrich the diversity of the ecosystem, but also attract new incremental users. * Metis will provide infrastructure to support AI applications to truly implement in the Web3 ecosystem, so that blockchain is no longer just a world of DeFi, NFT and Meme culture, but enters a broader and more vital intelligent era .

We don’t want to be the L2 led by market trends.

We do not want to see Ethereum continue to sink in this cycle, but hope to use the ReGenesis plan to break the status quo and find new growth points for the Ethereum ecosystem and even the entire industry.

Metis has always been a "changer" in the industry, and this time, we are still willing to stand up and become the pioneer in promoting change.

Part 2: What exactly is ReGenesis?

1. ReGenesis’ core vision

The ReGenesis plan is not a simple technological upgrade, but a rebirth plan for the Web3 ecosystem to enter the AI ​​era. **
**We not only need to save the Ethereum ecosystem, but also enable Web3 to have the ability to survive in the AI ​​era and create a new economic model of AI+Web3.

We are standing at the crossroads of technological change:

• Traditional AI is developing rapidly, but it is controlled by centralized technology giants, with black data boxes and algorithms closed, and ordinary individuals cannot dominate the development of the AI ​​era.
• The development of AI in Web3 is extremely lagging behind and cannot be synchronized with the progress of AI in the real world. Most of the existing AI+Web3 solutions are just calls to AI APIs and have not truly integrated into the core value system of Web3.
• If Web3 cannot take the initiative to welcome the AI ​​era, it will be eliminated and eventually become an irrelevant decentralized experiment.

But we do not accept such a future.

The ReGenesis plan is to completely integrate AI and Web3 to establish a smart economy driven by decentralized data governance, AI assetization, and AI-driven in the AI ​​era. **
**Metis not only wants to follow the wave of the AI+Web3 era, but also wants to define the rules of the AI+Web3 era and become a habitat for new species.

2. The core content of ReGenesis

(1) Reshape the underlying architecture of Web3

• Andromeda Network Upgrade + The underlying framework of a new high-performance architecture
  • Make Metis the optimal infrastructure for AI computing and data interaction, not just a performance-optimized version of L2.
• Parallel collaboration mechanism
  • Combining the high throughput requirements of AI computing with the deterministic requirements of Web3 transactions, we can achieve true AI+Web3 efficient interaction.

(2) LazAI: AI data governance and AI assetization

The core problem facing AI is not computing power or algorithms, but how to ensure that AI is aligned with the human value system and make AI assets have economic value. Blockchain has the underlying technical logic to naturally solve AI data problems, and through the combination of technology and economic models, it can efficiently and securely manage and use data in a decentralized environment. In this process, data value confirmation and assetization are carried out through on-chain voting, consensus mechanism, privacy calculation and other methods to achieve the purpose of AI data governance.

As the core cornerstone of the ReGenesis plan, LazAI proposed a new AI data governance and assetization framework:

• iDAO (Individual Autonomous Organization) + DAT (Data Anchor Token)
  • The value of AI training data is not determined by a centralized organization, but is governed by the iDAO mechanism to ensure that the generation and circulation of AI assets are in line with the principle of fairness of the Web3 ecosystem.
  • DAT (data anchored token) is a manifestation of AI assets. It assetizes data, AI generated content, etc., and through on-chain confirmation, enabling AI assets to circulate in the Web3 economic system.
  • Through iDAO, LazAI enables data contributors, AI developers, model trainers, and AI asset holders to form a decentralized economy and establish a value measurement system for AI assets.
• Verified Computing: The value judgment system of AI assets
  • The key issue of AI assetization is how to measure value. The value judgment of AI-generated content cannot rely on traditional centralized methods, and a decentralized verification mechanism must be established.
  • Verified Computing ensures that AI assets can be verified on-chain, provides a reliable value evaluation system, ensures that the content, data, and inference results generated by AI can be fairly priced, and supports free transactions of AI assets.
  • The value of AI assets is no longer defined by a few technology companies, but is determined by the joint participation of the Web3 ecosystem to form a truly decentralized AI economic system.
• Point of View Data: A new data paradigm in the AI ​​era
  • Traditional AI training data are mainly controlled by centralized institutions and dominated by a single perspective, resulting in serious biases and limitations in AI training.
  • LazAI adopts the "Point of View Data" system, that is, AI training data can cover multi-dimensional, multi-perspective, and multi-cultural backgrounds, making the content learned by AI more in line with the complexity of the real world and making it aligned with the values ​​of human society.

Ultimately, LazAI is not just a decentralized AI training network, but a core infrastructure for AI assetization, data governance, value measurement, and economic system. **
**It allows AI to truly "survive" in Web3 and become part of the Web3 ecological economy.

(3) Application of AI+Web3

• Alith: AI Agent Framework
  • Let AI agents become the "digital assistant" for Web3 users, and let AI create value for users directly on the chain.
• AI-Native application incubation
  • Through the LazAI + Alith combination, we will promote new AI-driven Web3 business models, such as intelligent social networking, automated DeFi, on-chain AI economies, etc.

Ultimately, ReGenesis is not to "adapt to" blockchain, but to allow AI to truly have an independent survival model in the Web3 ecosystem. **
**Web3 requires AI, and AI also requires Web3.

3. Why is ReGenesis unique?

There are many public chains in the market that are exploring AI narratives, but ReGenesis is the only blockchain plan to truly build an AI asset system.

Our uniqueness lies in:

• It is not just the performance optimization of L2, but the computing power of L2 is made native to AI.
• It not only supports AI, but also allows AI to form a complete living environment in Web3.
• LazAI decentralizes AI training data and ensures that AI aligns with the value system of human society.
• DAT makes AI asset and makes the AI ​​economy part of the Web3 ecosystem.
• Verified Computing makes the value of AI assets measurable, verifiable and circulating.
• Decentralized sorter + double-chain architecture ensures that Web3 remains decentralized.

Most of the current AI+Web3 solutions are still "Web2 gameplay + blockchain packaging" , but ReGenesis is the first plan to truly redefine the AI ​​value system with Web3 rules.

4. How does ReGenesis promote ecological development?

Ultimately, ReGenesis plans to form a complete AI+Web3 flywheel: **
**1️⃣ Andromeda + New Chain Architecture → High-performance AI Computing & Trading Environment **
**2️⃣ LazAI → Decentralize AI training data to ensure AI values ​​are aligned **
**3️⃣ DAT → Make AI assets a part of the Web3 economy and form a new AI economic model **
**4️⃣ Verified Computing → Make the value of AI assets measurable and tradable, creating an AI asset market **
**5️⃣ Increased user and developer participation → Form a self-growth cycle of AI+Web3

**Part 3: Why do you need to pay attention and participate in

ReGenesis?**

1. Developer: Joining the technological revolution of AI+Web3

• You can build high-performance AI+Web3 applications on Android and new chain architectures .
• You can use LazAI 's decentralized data for AI training to get rid of traditional AI data barriers.
• You can build AI agents based on the Alith framework to provide intelligent services to Web3 users.

**2. Investors & Ecological Builders: Layout the Web3 Economy in the AI

​​Age**

• AI Assetting (DAT) will become an important asset class in the Web3 economy with great potential.
• The AI ​​training data market is open to create new ways of value capture through the iDAO mechanism.
• The Verified Computing system ensures the value of AI assets and promotes the growth of the AI ​​economy.

**3. Ordinary users: participate in the AI ​​economy and get early

benefits**

• You can become part of the AI ​​economy by contributing Point of View data .
• You can enjoy the Web3 native AI experience using on-chain AI proxy .
• You can get early incentives through the growth of the ReGenesis program and become a Web3 pioneer in the AI ​​era.

4. Metis Community: Promoting ReGenesis to Be a Part of Change

• You can promote the spread of ReGenesis program within the community and get more people to join.
• You can become an early contributor to the ReGenesis program and enjoy exclusive bonuses.
• You can witness and participate in the birth of the AI+Web3 era and define the future with Metis.

ReGenesis is not the plan of the Metis team, but a revolution that all Metisians promote.