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I wrote a research paper on replacing Coursera with Web3. Here's what it's about.

Metaplay is a decentralized learning marketplace. Creators own their work. Certificates are cryptographically unforgeable. Governance is mathematically fair.

Starting a 17-day series breaking down my research paper — one section per day.

Today: the big picture.

The 3 problems Metaplay solves:

  • Platforms capture 90% of creator revenue
  • Certificates are just PDFs anyone can fake
  • Governance is dominated by whoever has the most money

The 3 solutions:

  • Smart contracts pay creators directly — no middlemen
  • zk-SNARK + Soulbound Tokens = mathematically unforgeable credentials
  • Identity-Gated Quadratic Voting = fair governance by design

Full breakdown in my Notion doc → https://www.notion.so/PART-1-FOUNDATION-CONTEXT-330984e339b08007bf76cdca34e8f8e4?source=copy_link

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