First There Was MetaCartel

MetaCartel

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In a galaxy, a short while ago, a band of creators gathered together with the mission of building a better Web 3.0 With the conversation around meta-txs being started during ETHBerlin, we continued it on online. Bitmap.png Recognising the need for collaboration between projects on meta transactions and relayer design, we formed a telegram group. So we had our first community call. Here was our first agenda, it was a very long agenda. It would kick off the rolling ball of culture, creativity and memehood that we would know of. Community call #0 (Sept)

You can view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKOtWPopl8Q&t=3150s DoHWrrYWkAAHhPP.png Next we hit ETHSF as our first family hackathon outing ~ ETHSanFransisco (Oct) During this time, we had became infamous through our memes Screenshot at Feb 06 13-45-33.png Screenshot at Feb 06 13-46-48.png Drlg8EMV4AEPs-s.jpg DpHeTjSU0AAdKXt.jpg DpCEkWpVsAAYLpL.jpg DpBv3dSUcAA-bEm.jpg DoqifT2UYAIXAEa.jpg It was full of ups and downs. Okay, maybe more downs than up. Our logo was created.

“Moritz, Austin, Mark, Pedro, Seb & Jehan got hacking. Peter spent his time researching cryptoeconomics applications for our project — whether we need an open access participatory network or not. MP got shilling and pep-talking (sort of). Okay. We’re lying. He just made memes. Scott was named the scapegoat when the team trolled Peter way too much, but then we figured out Scott’s too nice so he came out of the hackathon without a scratch.

Most importantly, Franky, MP, and Peter got together and created a logo, which Franky drew masterfully. We can’t be happier — no matter how controversial it is.”

— MPtheRealMVP (https://medium.com/@pet3rpan/metahacking-at-ethsf-4d8e05521e89) And as the days went by, SF blockchain week was over and we finally had to say goodbye for then. 1_R6knCAnv2ixxvFmimOteoQ.jpeg 1_S318ZZtcmYXbcAf2kRiCyw.jpeg 1_hMAjvy3OdJgu5pnDSLinHA.jpeg Not long after, a month had passed. It time again. We had a massive week ahead of ourselves: Web3 Summit in Berlin, then in Prague we had Status Hackathon, ETHMagicians and Devcon 4. Web3 Summit DqHZR7OU8AEXd0f.jpg Status Hackathon DqfwWzuXQAAyX_U.jpg ETHMagicians (MetaCartel Ring)

Link to video DqrF-x_WkAApcuF.jpg Devcon 4 Our Devcon hangout, marked territory

Our Devcon hangout, marked territory Gas abstraction round table led by Alex

Gas abstraction round table led by Alex Marek &amp;amp; Alex onstage for their universal logins talk repping the gang

Marek & Alex onstage for their universal logins talk repping the gang MetaCartel relay network design workshop led by Piotr from Chronologic

MetaCartel relay network design workshop led by Piotr from Chronologic It was a crazy week so we came together and capped it off with our 57 person dinner. 0_cHQZ-fZ6akAD7nN4.jpg

The community began out of a shared interested in meta transactions (meta-txs) but we stuck around for the internet culture that we all shared. The community before we knew it, has grown beyond something more than just a working group on meta-txs.

We have something special between all of us here. Lets see what we can all make of it. el cartel de la meta since 2018