Worlds AMA

This presentation and AMA was specifically dedicated to the introduction of the Worlds feature. It took place on 15. March 2023 and was led by Agustin Ferreira, who served as the former Executive Director of the Decentraland Foundation. 
It highlighted the surprise introduction of the Worlds feature and acknowledged the concerns brought up by the community. The AMA session aimed to address questions and doubts, encouraging an open communication and collaboration between the Decentraland Foundation and the community.
The motivation behind developing Worlds was brought up and its potential as a publishing medium for content. How Worlds aims to complement Genesis City, to create an on-boarding tool for new creators, while offering unique features like decentralized content hosting and moderation.
The presentation concluded with open questions about the future of Worlds and an AMA section.
== Agenda ==
The presentation started with an agenda overview, including an introduction to the role of the Decentraland Foundation and its responsibilities.
# Decentraland Foundation intro
# Value proposition of Worlds and LAND
# How Worlds works
# Potential Next Steps
# Q&A
== Decentraland Foundation ==
Non-profit independent entity with the purpose:
# Protect the platform's decentralized vision
# Hold intellectual property assets
# Foster decentralized development in collaboration with and for the benefit of the Decentraland ecosystem
=== Mission ===
Build the Decentraland protocol's building blocks so that our community can one day fully own the development 
Foundation -> Community
=== Functions ===
The Decentraland Foundation is made up of 7 teams for differing purposes.
* Partnerships
* Marketing
* Product Engineering
* Content
* Support
* People
* Finance & Legals
== Community <> Foundation ==
Several communication channels were mentioned, including the Manifesto, SDK 7 beta release, technical AMAs, and quarterly updates.
Transparency and reporting. 
# Manifesto 2023 - Year of Creators - ✅
# Technical AMAs (Catalysts and platform, SDK, Reference client, dApps) - ✅
# Quarterly update on Milestones and Objectives - 🔜
# Roadmap Signaling & Product sessions - 🔜
== Decentraland Worlds ==
The motivation behind developing Worlds was brought up and its potential as a publishing medium for content. 
=== Motivation ===
Become the most popular publishing medium for spatial content
* Enable permission-less decentralization of the content delivery structure
* Lower the entry barriers for new creators
* Unleash content creators' creativity
* Keep up with a competitive market
=== Value Proposition ===
Genesis City vs Worlds
 	Genesis City	Worlds (Hosted by DCL Foundation)	Worlds (Hosted by third parties)
Storage 	Permanent
Replicated on DCL Network
Free	Stored on a single server
Not replicated	Stored on a single server
Not replicated
Discoverability 	Map & Points of Interest
Organic traffic -> Pedestrians
Places
Events	Word of Mouth
Portals in Genesis City
Places (?)
Events (?)
💡DAO curated Worlds registry?	Word of Mouth
Portals in Genesis City
Places (?)
Events (?)
💡DAO curated Worlds registry?
Entry cost to deploy a scene	Market Value (2.6k MANA)
Rentals (5 MANA / day)
Operation delegation	1 DCL NAME (100 MANA)
Operation delegation	Defined by hosting service
i. e. https://decentralandworlds.xyz/
by Atlas Corp
Limits 	15 MB per parcel / 300 MB
max. 100 concurrent users	100 MB
100 concurrent users 	Defined by hosting service
=== Genesis City Vision ===
Become the Main Lobby of the Metaverse
# A unique exploratory experience
# Main spawning point of users and "go-back" place for all Worlds
# Main place for Big Events (MVFW, MVMF, Pride, ...) and Seasonal content
# DAO Buying LAND (Poll stage)
# DAO Rewards for creators (Pre-poll stage)
=== World's Vision ===
Enable anyone to host their own content
# Cheap and scalable publishing medium for new creators
# Enable private and self governed spaces (moderation aspect)
# Extend Genesis City content through Worlds portals
=== How It Works ===
# Worlds Content Server hosts the scene (Open source)
# ENS resolves to a World Content Server (Foundation's is the default one)
# The Explorer let's you jump to a World via:
* a. Chat command: /changerealm NAME.dcl.eth
* b. Direct URL: https://play.decentraland.org/world/NAME
* c. SDK 7: changeRealm(url, message)
=== Use Cases ===
# Organize meetings in the metaverse with voice communications
# Host gated experiences to a limited audience
# Build MVPs or prototypes to present to investors, sponsors and clients
# Test interactions before deploying to Genesis City
=== Current Status ===
* Launched on December 21, 2022
* Today: 200 Worlds Deployed
* 250 active users/week.
* 70% of Worlds have 4 parcels or less
=== Community Innovation ===
# Hosting Service - decentralandworlds.xyz (Atlascorp) - Deploy your own Worlds (USD5 per month)
# World Content Server Fork: Support for any ENS domain (HPrivakos, Jasonx); Free service at the moment; https://github.com/HPrivakos/worlds-content-server
=== Potential Next Steps ===
# Discoverability through Places
# Discoverability through Events
# Enable to publish scenes to Worlds from the Builder
# World Templates for common use-cases
# Support a different skybox
=== Open Questions ===
Decentraland Worlds - Long-Term Support
* Should the World's content be stored on the Catalyst Network?
* Should the DAO charge a monthly fee for running your World?
* Should a World Content Servers registry be curated by the DAO?
* Should be a marketplace of World templates?
== AMA ==
Participants had the opportunity to submit questions both before and during the AMA session using Slido. Out of a total of 42 questions, 16 were addressed, leaving 26 unanswered. The following list presents the questions that were answered during the session. By clicking on the timestamp next to each question, you will be directed to the corresponding position in the AMA recording.
00:34:21 - Deploying DCL Worlds is still a technical challenge, especially for new users, can you please make it easier one click deployments?
00:36:49 - What is the financial strategy of the foundation to hedge the global economic risks happening right now? Can we get more transparency on the foundation expenses
00:38:06 - Can you share a KPI you are proud of over these past 2 years? What is our main strategy to position ourselves on top of competitors? Do we have a vision?
00:39:24 - How will Decentraland protect its reputation and the reputation of Genesis City from bad performance of poorly managed worlds servers?
00:42:02 - First time we see the CEO of the Foundation. Why he is not doing his job more often and connecting with the community?
00:42:53 - Lag on DCL Worlds is something that needs to addressed. Even with only 1 or 2 users it runs slow. What do you have planned to improve World's performance
00:44:10 - What is your take on there is so much resistance to Worlds? I personally see the massive benefits but many are still confused... - Well-known Genesis Land Owners think that Worlds weren't discussed with community and they dilute Genesis Land. What you think about it ? How to mitigate it ?
00:47:29 - Hey! Whats your plan on number of worlds being deployed and active daily users in 2023 - 2024 ?
00:48:55 - Is World going to be visible on DCL explore
00:49:39 - Does the Foundation have control over the content on self hosted worlds server? Can the Foundation block access to a world content server?
00:50:30 - Why didn't the Worlds update / proposal go through the DAO?
00:54:06 - Can we make it easier for people to nav between worlds / genesis city coords? change realm/go to genesis city is a barrier at times.
00:56:10 - Worlds competes with GC. If you want to build a large scale exp. you need a large ESTATE. Now that will be free. How is LAND value and GC development protected?
00:59:42 - Is the foundation the same as a grantee? Can the funds be revoked by the DAO? I think the foundation should offer results such as DAU evolution to keep funding
01:00:33 - After launching DCL Worlds and receiving surprised feedback from community members, what lessons about proactive communication did the Foundation learn?
01:01:51 - You mention during the presentation that having to deploy WORLDS directly via the builder is in the pipeline. Any estimated time?
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