The Meta-Layer White Paper

🧱 What It Covers

• What is the Meta-Layer?
  Why we need a connective layer above the webpage—and what makes it possible now.

• The Core Architecture
  Presence, smart tags, on-page interaction, identity, and decentralized governance.

• Desirable Properties
  A deep dive into the desirable properties of a met-layer that will guide the development of an application substrate.

• Use Cases & Applications
  How the Meta-Layer enables meaningful interactions—from education and AI safety to commerce, community, and collaboration.

• AI, Agents & Trust
  Frameworks for accountability, containment, and transparent behavior in a world of increasingly autonomous digital actors.

• Onchain Permanence
  Why this initiative is committed to transparent, immutable public records

📥 Get the Paper

Featuring Foreword and commentary by our most unlikely spokesperson, Sir John Falstaff!

🧠 For Researchers, Builders, and Thinkers

This document is especially relevant for:

• Internet governance and protocol designers

• AI and safety researchers

• Web3, decentralized ID, and privacy advocates

• Civic technologists and system architects

• Philosophers of infrastructure

• Open-source developers

• Artists, writers, and archivists

If you’re building for the future of the web—or trying to preserve its soul—this paper was written for you.

💬 Contribute Your Perspective

The White Paper is a living public artifact—and your voice can shape future versions.