To the Metis Community:

In this rapidly evolving cycle, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in Web3’s history. Past success does not guarantee future victories. Ethereum’s weakness, the conclusion of Web3’s social experiments, and changing user behaviors all serve as reminders: if we do not drive change, we will inevitably be left behind.

But Metis has never been a passive Layer 2. We are disruptors—builders willing to stand up and revitalize the Ethereum ecosystem, Web3, and even the future of humanity in the AI era.

With the launch of the ReGenesis initiative, we are not just upgrading—we are catalyzing a rebirth of the blockchain ecosystem.

Part 1: Why Is Metis Launching ReGenesis?

1. Ethereum’s Weakness and the End of the Web3 Social Experiment

Looking back at this cycle, Ethereum’s performance has been notably weak. This downturn has affected Ethereum itself and rippled across its entire ecosystem, particularly the Layer 2 solutions built around it. We believe the core reason behind Ethereum’s underperformance is that the Web3 social experiment has ended, yet Ethereum has failed to adapt to the new market landscape in time.

The end of the Web3 social experiment is primarily reflected in two key aspects:

• DeFi Innovation Has Hit a Bottleneck
  As the core application of the last cycle, DeFi has completed its foundational theoretical validation. The industry now has a clear understanding of its underlying principles. However, due to the lack of breakthrough innovations, DeFi’s growth has slowed, and both capital and user enthusiasm have gradually declined.
• Shifting Behavior Among Existing Users
  With a deeper understanding of the industry and growing uncertainty brought by rapid market shifts, more users have moved away from long-term visions and instead focus on maximizing short-term gains. Their primary concerns are now capital efficiency, opportunity cost, and how to achieve the highest returns in the shortest time—rather than simply supporting the ideals of decentralization.

Against this backdrop, Ethereum should have adjusted its strategy to align with market demands, focusing more on real-world application adoption and delivering tangible value to users. However, it continues to prioritize technical innovation and decentralization ideals, while overlooking the market’s increasing demand for a more efficient, lower-cost, and wealth-generating ecosystem.

2. Ethereum vs. Solana & Base: Different Strategies, Different Outcomes

The winners of this cycle have been Solana and Base, not Ethereum. These two blockchains have taken entirely different approaches:——

• Solana: Sacrificing Decentralization for Extreme Performance and Lower Costs
• Low gas fees + high-speed transactions have made Solana the go-to hub for NFTs, DeFi, and even meme culture.
• By encouraging developers and users to build more engaging and financially rewarding applications, Solana has successfully driven both user growth and capital inflow in this cycle.
• Base relies on Coinbase ecological traffic diversion to create a low-threshold, high-activity on-chain experience
• Through meme culture and low gas fees, Base has emerged as one of the hottest chains attracting a wave of new users.
• Users don’t particularly care about whether Base is decentralized—they care more about whether they can make money or find entertaining experiences here.

By contrast, Ethereum’s progress in these areas has been too slow.

While Ethereum remains the world’s most decentralized and secure programmable blockchain, today’s users care more about transaction costs, user experience, and access to compelling applications. As a result, Ethereum has faced increasing criticism this cycle, while Solana and Base have successfully captured market share.

3. Why Must Metis Step Up as a Layer 2?

Metis has never been a conventional “Ethereum Layer 2.” From the very beginning, it set itself apart.

Looking back at Metis’ journey, we have always positioned ourselves as a disruptor rather than simply following Ethereum’s footsteps:

1.The First Layer 2 to Introduce DAO-Centric Governance

• Metis was originally named MetisDAO because we firmly believe that Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are the future of blockchain governance. Unlike many other Layer 2s that prioritize performance and usability at the cost of decentralization, we have always sought a balanced approach that retains both flexibility and decentralization. This has allowed us to quickly and efficiently adapt to the ever-changing blockchain landscape.

2.The First Layer 2 to Adopt Off-Chain DA (Data Availability)

• At the time, many dismissed this approach, arguing that off-chain DA compromised “pure decentralization.” But today, off-chain DA has become the dominant trend in Layer 2 development—proving that our decision was ahead of its time.

3.Pioneering Cutting-Edge Technological Breakthroughs

• We recognized the potential of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK) early on and actively contributed to the development of projects like ZKM and GOAT.

4.The Only Layer 2 with a Live Decentralized Sequencer

• Ethereum has always championed decentralization, yet most Layer 2s still rely on centralized sequencers. Metis stands out as the only Layer 2 that has successfully launched a decentralized sequencer, ensuring that the true spirit of blockchain lives on.

From these milestones, it’s clear that Metis has never been a passive market follower—we have always been a driving force for industry change.

So in this cycle, we won’t stay silent. Instead, we will once again take the lead as a disruptor, launching ReGenesis to introduce a new perspective and direction for the Ethereum ecosystem and the broader industry.

4. ReGenesis: A “Rebirth”

The core goal of the ReGenesis plan is to address the fundamental contradictions within the current blockchain ecosystem:

• On one hand, Ethereum needs to continue maintaining its technological leadership, ensuring the decentralization of its underlying architecture.
• On the other hand, the ecosystem requires innovation and growth to attract more users and capital, creating more engaging and attractive use cases.

To resolve this contradiction, the ReGenesis plan will move forward along two main lines:

1.Cutting-edge Technology Research

• Introducing high-performance architectures to support more real-time, high-frequency applications and development scenarios.
• Betting on the AI track and incubating LazAI to solve the problem of aligning AI with human values.

2.Building and Introducing More Engaging Ecosystem Applications

• AI, as a new growth driver for blockchain, has immense application potential. It can not only diversify the ecosystem but also attract new users.
• Metis will provide the infrastructure to support AI applications that truly land within the Web3 ecosystem, transforming blockchain from merely being the domain of DeFi, NFTs, and meme culture into a more expansive and vibrant intelligent era.

We do not want to be an L2 driven by market trends.

We refuse to see Ethereum continue to decline in this cycle. Instead, we hope to break the status quo with the ReGenesis plan and find new growth points for Ethereum’s ecosystem and the entire industry.

Metis has always been an industry “game-changer”, and this time, we are once again ready to step up and become the pioneers of transformation.

Part 2: What is ReGenesis?

1. The Core Vision of ReGenesis

The ReGenesis plan is not just a simple technological upgrade; it is a rebirth plan for Web3 as we enter the AI era.

Our mission is not only to save the Ethereum ecosystem but also to enable Web3 to thrive in the AI age, creating a new economic model that merges AI and Web3.

We stand at the crossroads of technological transformation:

• Traditional AI is developing rapidly but is dominated by centralized tech giants, with data black boxes and closed algorithms that prevent ordinary individuals from shaping the future of the AI era.
• Web3’s development in AI is severely lagging, unable to keep pace with the advancements in AI in the real world. Existing AI+Web3 solutions mostly involve AI API calls and have not truly been integrated into the core values of Web3.
• If Web3 does not actively embrace the AI era, it will become obsolete, ultimately relegated to being an insignificant decentralized experiment.

But we refuse to accept this future.

The ReGenesis plan aims to fully integrate AI and Web3, thus creating a decentralized data governance system, AI assetization, and an AI-driven smart economy for the AI era.

Metis is not just riding the wave of the AI+Web3 era; we aim to define the rules of this new era and become a habitat for this new species.

2. The Core Components of ReGenesis

(1) Reshaping the Underlying Web3 Architecture

• Andromeda network upgrade + a new high-performance architecture framework

Metis will become the optimal infrastructure for AI computing and data interaction, not just a performance optimization version of an L2.

• Parallel collaboration mechanisms
• Combining the high-throughput demands of AI computing with the deterministic needs of Web3 transactions, enabling efficient AI+Web3 interaction.

(2) LazAI: AI Data Governance and AI Assetization

The core challenge AI faces today is not computing power or algorithms, but rather how to align AI with human value systems and ensure AI assets have economic value. Blockchain provides the underlying technical logic to solve AI data problems, enabling efficient, secure management and usage of data in a decentralized environment through the combination of technology and economic models. This includes data value confirmation and assetization through on-chain voting, consensus mechanisms, privacy computing, and more to achieve AI data governance.

LazAI, the cornerstone of the ReGenesis plan, introduces a completely new AI data governance and assetization framework:

• iDAO (Individualized Decentralized Autonomous Organization) + DAT (Data-Anchored Token)
• The value of AI training data is not determined by centralized institutions but is instead governed through the iDAO mechanism, ensuring that the creation and circulation of AI assets align with Web3’s principles of fairness and decentralization.
• DAT (Data-Anchored Token) serves as the representation of AI assets, tokenizing data, AI-generated content, and other AI-related assets. Through on-chain proof of ownership, AI assets can circulate within the Web3 economic system.
• Through iDAO, LazAI connects data contributors, AI developers, model trainers, and AI asset holders into a decentralized economic entity, establishing a standardized framework for AI asset valuation.
• Verified Computing: The Value Assessment System for AI Assets
• A key challenge in AI asset tokenization is value measurement. AI-generated content cannot rely on traditional centralized valuation methods—it requires a decentralized verification mechanism.
• Verified Computing ensures that AI assets are verifiable on-chain, providing a reliable valuation framework. It guarantees that AI-generated content, datasets, and inference results are fairly priced and freely tradable within the AI asset economy.
• With this system, the value of AI assets is no longer dictated by a handful of tech corporations but is collectively determined by the Web3 ecosystem—forming a truly decentralized AI economy.
• Point of View Data: A New Data Paradigm for the AI Era
• Traditional AI training data is controlled by centralized institutions, often shaped by a single-perspective approach, leading to inherent biases and limitations in AI models.
• LazAI introduces the “Point of View Data” system, where AI training datasets incorporate multiple perspectives, dimensions, and cultural backgrounds. This approach enables AI to better reflect the complexities of the real world and align with human societal values.

Ultimately, LazAI is not just a decentralized AI training network—it is the foundational infrastructure for AI assetization, data governance, value measurement, and economic integration.

It enables AI to truly “live” in Web3 and become an integral part of the Web3 economy.

(3) AI+Web3 Application Integration

• Alith: AI Agent Framework
• Allowing AI agents to become Web3 users’ “digital assistants”, enabling AI to directly create value for users on-chain.
• AI-Native Application Incubation
• Through the combination of LazAI + Alith, we will drive new AI-driven Web3 businesses, such as intelligent social networks, automated DeFi, and on-chain AI economies.

In the end, ReGenesis is not about making AI “adapt” to blockchain; it is about enabling AI to have an independent existence in the Web3 ecosystem.

Web3 needs AI, and AI needs Web3.

3. Why is ReGenesis Unique?

Many public blockchains are exploring AI narratives in the market today, but ReGenesis is the only blockchain plan that is truly building an AI asset system.

What sets us apart is:

• It’s not just about L2 performance optimization, but about giving L2 AI-native computing power.
• It’s not just about supporting AI, but about creating a complete ecosystem for AI to thrive in Web3.
• LazAI decentralizes AI training data, ensuring that AI aligns with human societal values.
• DAT enables the tokenization of AI assets, making AI economy a part of the Web3 ecosystem.
• Verified Computing ensures that AI assets’ value is measurable, verifiable, and tradeable.
• A decentralized sorter and dual-chain architecture ensure Web3 retains its spirit of decentralization.

Most AI+Web3 solutions today are still “Web2 methods with blockchain packaging,” but ReGenesis is the first plan that truly redefines the AI value system using Web3 principles.

4. How Does ReGenesis Drive Ecosystem Growth?

Ultimately, the ReGenesis plan forms a complete AI+Web3 flywheel:

1️⃣ Andromeda + New Chain Architecture → High-performance AI computing & trading environment

2️⃣ LazAI → Decentralizes AI training data and ensures AI value alignment

3️⃣ DAT → Tokenizes AI assets, turning them into part of the Web3 economy, forming a new AI economic model

4️⃣ Verified Computing → Ensures AI assets’ value is measurable, tradable, and creates an AI asset market

5️⃣ Increased user and developer engagement → Forms a self-sustaining AI+Web3 growth loop

Part 3: Why Should Everyone Pay Attention to and Participate in ReGenesis?

1. Developers: Join the AI+Web3 Technological Revolution

• Build high-performance AI+Web3 applications on the Andromeda and new chain architecture.
• Use LazAI’s decentralized data for AI training, breaking free from traditional AI data barriers.
• Build AI agents based on the Alith framework to provide intelligent services for Web3 users.

2. Investors & Ecosystem Builders: Position Yourself in the AI Era of the Web3 Economy

• AI tokenization (DAT) will become an important asset class within the Web3 economy with immense potential.
• The AI training data market, opened through the iDAO mechanism, will create new ways to capture value.
• The Verified Computing System ensures transparency of AI assets’ value, driving growth in the AI economy.

3. General Users: Participate in the AI Economy and Earn Early Rewards

• Contribute Point of View data and become part of the AI economy.
• Use on-chain AI agents to experience Web3’s native AI features.
• Earn early incentives through the growth of the ReGenesis plan and become a Web3 pioneer in the AI era.

4. Metis Community: Drive ReGenesis and Be Part of the Change

• Promote the ReGenesis plan within the community, helping more people join.
• Become an early contributor to ReGenesis and enjoy exclusive rewards.
• Witness and participate in the birth of the AI+Web3 era and define the future together with Metis.

ReGenesis is not just a plan from the Metis team—it’s a revolution driven by all Metisians.

Join us and define the future together!

Metis never waits for the future—we create the future. The ReGenesis plan is already underway.

Now is the time to join us and drive Web3 into the AI era.

🚀 ReGenesis is now live! Metisians, are you ready? 🚀

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