# MetaFactory Brain Dump 4.18

Events, MicroFactories, subDAOs, $ROBOT rewards/utility, tools, wearables, Kong chips, projects, collab interest -- Enter the brain dump.

## Highlights
- **ETHDenver** - Operated the premiere shop for all things ETHDenver and other partners product debuts. Decode Zero Waste blank premiere with the Buidl-a-tee where you could design and mint 1/1 tees on the spot. Ocean Exile crew for a MF video currently in production.
- **Berlin:** Debut MicroFactory investment lead by Weseeclearly bringing more custom production in-house as a makerspace to push MetaFactory fashion/design to new heights. Can't say enough good words about Wes and that teams talent.
- **Brooklyn, NY:** MicroFactory investment & partnership with Decode. Doubling as a MakerSpace with our partners Decode and their Zero Waste innovations; this is also a MetaFactory fulfillment center to allow for premium branded packaging, inserts and a push to make shipping a better experience for international purchases. Lead by DamagedGoods. FulfillmentDAO wen.
- **Wearable Progress:** We don't really shill the wearable ambitions due to how long / how much work is needed for our interoperable standard we've been working on. These are designed to help push the "open metaverse" ambitions and challenging the walled garden platform problems plaguing the digital space. Good progress is being made here, goal for first rollouts is by NFTNYC.
- **subDAOS:** With MetaFactory expansion comes subDAOs with more focused areas of our creators and builders. Aside from Ops/Tooling, Fashion/Production R&D and iROBOT Tokenomics; we have our **M3 VR & Metaverse** group. Lead by Jin (dankvr), this plays heavily into said Open Metaverse Interoperability and a silkroad approach to uniting NFT projects/communities; as well as the traditional VR space that has been building long before crpyto/web3 really burst into the scene. A digitally native content show is being developed as well to showcase collaborations, interop avatars/wearables and just to have a jolly good time celebrating the culture and innovations occuring while we talk shit on Zuck.
- **$ROBOT Utility Expansion:** See iROBOT section below. MetaFactory will be included in a Social Token Index from ForeFront and IndexCoop launching soon. MetaCartelVentures will also be aping into some $ROBOT.
- **Robust ERP System:** To appropriately scale and execute the multitude of MetaFactory developments underway, a more robust system is needed to unify wearables, curation game and dev work under sexy and efficient data driven systems.
- **Dashboard:** Custom Dashboard to claim $ROBOT and see data, etc coming soon. Will be expanded upon as a form of Player Profiles with more ambitious features planned.
- **Website/Shop Updates:** Working to bring in a new era of MetaFactory with a fresh coat of paint. Have also been working with Shopify & others to help develop better Web3 integrations for legacy commerce functionality with tokengating, digital to physical redemptions, etc.
- **Kong Chips/Partnership:** Some of you may have Kong v1 chips in your swag and wondering "what do this?". We'll be furthering our connection with Kong and updates on what that piece of hardware can do. The v2 chips are coming, starting with that Limited Mutant tee w/ Apesthetics currently in production. The last chance to get a v1 for some vintage clout will be the **Coldie Swaps** drop starting Wednesday, 4.20. v1 will offer a form of Citizenship with Kong, most likely some $LAND when it debuts and can be airdropped different assets, scanned for authenticity and creatively leveraged for IRL access/perks. The v2 Halos will expand utility potential even further w/ a native app and better gas optimization.
- **DAO Book Antholgoy:** MetaFactory is the 2nd featured story in a book being written by Rika Goldberg. https://rikagoldberg628.gumroad.com/l/metafactory

## Buyer Rewards / Fulfillment
- We're behind schedule on the current distro, should go out within the next week or 2. Buyer Rewards go out with Brand/Tech/Designer rewards, so it's a lot of data to finalize with the live events we've done (ETHDenver + any missed MCON & NFT.NYC buyers) and all the associated products. Unclaimed $ROBOT stacks/never expires and the rewards are dictated of a SMA from time of purchase, so don't worry about time of distro effecting your $ROBOT rewards.
- New tooling for data flows should make this more consistent moving forward.
- **Fulfillment:** "Where's my 0xmon hat? LeXpunK hoodie wen?" As mentioned, we ditched 3PL and invested in the NYC location to bring a lot of our fulfillment in house for better quality control and creative opportunity for custom packaging/inserts. If you ordered during the migration, you'll see longer delays while we get all inventory ported over. 0xmon hats and LeXpunK have officially arrived -- they got an extra delay from a trucker strike in Spain. Majority of our products are now produced in the US for more reliable fulfillment for customers.
- **EU / International Orders:** Custom Duties aren't fun. International Commerce is a pain with some contries/ports going overboard with their taxes and bs. With MetaFactory in-house fulfillment we can work to mitigate these more efficiently in cunjuction with our Berlin location -- but this is not a guarantee of "**ALL** MF products will never have any customs/VATs ever again!" The focus is on premium items that command a higher retail price with NFT add-ons or highly custom Heirloom pieces.

## iROBOT subDAO
- Focused on tokenomics for $ROBOT and liquidity providers, there is a budget set aside for all contributors creating positive sum ways to increase the value and utility of $ROBOT (without artificial ponzinomics)
- Includes drop collab strategies, Partnerships, VC interest, Curation Game, potential $robot exclusive products, and periodic creative rewards for holders/LPs.
- Exploring an asset bank perk to work in unison with M3 developments and NFT holdings. Think a phat pool of "bluechip" NFTS and stuff we dig, land, 3d avatars, etc with open access as a perk of being a Robot. Create derivatives, cosplay as a CryptoPunk, co-create cool shit.
- "Man, wish I would have aped into ___ but I can't keep up with the noise and saturation in this space." Fugg it, Robot perk. Can foster some alpha culture. #not-fungible-advice is open, grats to those who copped Moonbirds.
- **Webaverse:** Open Metaverse Frens. Working to formalize a partnership with them via M3 and allocate some whitelist spots for interested Robots.
- iROBOT access gained via confirming LP/Robot holdings (collab-land) or contributing value.

## Brands, Projects, People looking to drop w/ MetaFactory
- Ultimately, the goal is **Curation Game** where the community decides what products drop, and are also rewarded for curating and supporting a drop based on conviction via $ROBOT. Removing MF as a bottleneck in deciding all products that make it to market.
- **Collab Interest:** Drops take a lot of work, determining the "right" collabs and making a streamlined process as we strive to increase production/blank quality and a more robust product experience is a constant WIP. The ERP system, Curation Game and Partnership programs will make this more seamless.
- **For Brands/Projects:** You should be aligned w/ the MetaFactory vision and wanting to see this grand Web3 experience achieve it's full potential. You'll get $ROBOT based on success of a drop, but as we work on a more official Partnership Program the focus should be on creating dope merch and rewarding those working to make it happen and everyone copping the drop. A good baseline signal is owning or LPing $ROBOT as an org, as well as dropping some of your Token, etc to the buyers. Inquire with the team if you're looking to pursue a full Partnership.
- **Individuals:** Share your portfolios and ideas if looking to be a MetaFactory designer and be on the lookout for Bounties.

## DAO Contributors / Community
- Most the team is always heads down working through laundry lists of projects and goals, which can make it hard for new talent to find clear paths to contributing. We're implementing new tooling to be able to illustrate open priority positions and dedicated bounties to work in tandem with our move to focused subDAOs. Share your super powers and where you're interested in contributing; can get a call with an onboarder, attend the weekly Community Calls and just interact with thy fellow Robots.
- **Discord:** It's a triple threat of the brand/community, collaboration and DAO operations. There's like 200 channels and a ton of other platforms/tools we leverage to meet various needs for work and comms. Let us know any tweaks you would like to see to make MF discord a homebase, maybe we can all replace some of the 420 Discord servers we're in heh
- **Dework:** We've begun integrating Dework alognside Sobol to make contributing and exposure to projects an easier lift for new contributors. Dework will allow for publci facing bounties to get your robot feet wet without having to be a full-time contributor trying to learn everything that is going on.
- **Open Canvas:** We want to empower people with the resources to create and impliment new facets and experiences for MetaFactory. With tooling for value capture / distribution, this should become as frictionless as possible so anyone can work on something awesome and know they will be compensated for the value it brings to all Robots. The new paradigm is funding public goods and going far together.
- Suggest anything you'd like to see. We want to foster an atmosphere for people to connect, co-build and support oneanother; whether it's full-time contributors or a newcomer with a single dope idea.

## Drop Tease
- Swaps by Coldie - 4.20
- Apesthetics Gutter Collection - 4.24
- IndexCoop
- The Daily Gwei
- Charged Particles

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###### tags: `metafactory` `m3` `updates`