# Welcome

## Abstract

<mark style="color:purple;">Bitcoin</mark> achieves the decentralization of payment transactions through distributed ledger technology, without the need for permission from centralized institutions. Subsequently, <mark style="color:purple;">Ethereum</mark> introduced Turing-complete smart contracts on this basis, promoting the widespread application of on-chain computing. With the rapid development of Web3.0, the trilemma of decentralization, scalability, and security that blockchain faces gradually emerged, among which scalability became an urgent problem to solve.

Thereafter, some public chains like EOS/Solana adopted the approach of reducing the degree of decentralization to improve scalability. However, this compromise mainly stems from their use of a monolithic chain structure, where execution, settlement, data availability, and consensus all occur on a single chain. With the introduction of Rollup solutions, such as ETH2.0's Rollup-Centric and Danksharding, as well as the emergence of Rollup as a Service (e.g., OP Stack) and DA Solution (e.g., Celestia, Avail), the ecosystem development of blockchain components has been promoted. Developers gradually recognize the idea of blockchain modularity, i.e., the separation of data availability, consensus, settlement, and execution.

However, beyond technical issues, the more pressing challenge currently is user growth. Various blockchain projects are competing to attract a limited pool of existing user resources, necessitating the search for innovative ways to address this issue.

Integrating off-chain businesses and assets with the blockchain, while ensuring risk control management requirements are met under the premise of protecting user privacy, along with providing a high-performance, highly scalable, and highly customizable underlying infrastructure, will aid in promoting the development of Real World Assets (RWA), the metaverse, digital nations, and other models. This will not only open up trillion-dollar new markets but also trigger profound societal transformations.

In response, we introduce the solution of Meta Earth — a modular, multi-chain interactive underlying value network and DID system. We propose innovative mechanisms for countries' ZONEs to maintain consensus and develop their respective businesses, creating a new blockchain paradigm for unified user identity recognition and authentication. In this white paper, we will explore the background and reasons for the emergence of Meta Earth, introduce its technology stack, elaborate on the advantages of the modular blockchain ME Network, the innovative consensus and business execution mechanisms, and the decentralized identity system. Additionally, we will detail an economic incentive and ecosystem governance model adapted for global users.

## Quick links

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[Why Web3.0 is Needed](/white-paper/industry-background/why-web3.0-is-needed.md)
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[The Development Dilemma of Web3.0](/white-paper/industry-background/the-development-dilemma-of-web3.0.md)
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## Get Started

We've put together some helpful guides for you to get setup with our product quickly and easily.

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[Architecture](/white-paper/technical-overview/architecture.md)
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[Monolithic Chain Issues](/white-paper/technical-overview/architecture/monolithic-chain-issues.md)
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[Modular Architecture of ME Network](/white-paper/technical-overview/architecture/modular-architecture-of-me-network.md)
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