The primary aim of the DAObi project is not to make money – though any tokens eventually issued must accumulate sufficient value to incentivise serious participation – rather it is to function as a game and a social experiment. The project was inspired by descriptions of factional struggles over the right to set monetary policy during the early part of the Han dynasty (“daobi” being the name of the currency in use at the time). We intend to recreate these conditions as closely as possible in an online environment. In other words, the DAObi ecosystem will become a palace intrigue game in the style of Royal Chaos or Call Me Emperor, but with genuine money and power at stake. In the past, experiments such as this were impossible for all but state governments. The development of blockchain-based currencies means that anyone can now create and run a semi-autonomous political-economic system from their PC. While the primary use of this facility has thus far been in financial speculation, the same technology also provides a means to test socio-economic models in vivo. The data can then be used to verify existing models and create new ones. This is the major goal of the DAObi project.
So you desire absolute power? Let us begin. First you will need to login at daobi.org. First of all you will need to prove you are a human, rather than some sort of spirit of homunculus. You can do this by showing that you have the cognitive and motor skills to set up a Twitter account. Like this. Daobi front page In the world of DAObi, money is power. This means that you will need to have…
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The Master Craftsmen have begun the construction of the capital city beyond the central district. It is breathtaking. The designs are drawn from the most glorious of our history. A space that will welcome ever greater numbers of arrivals, who will contribute to the greatness of this empire. The move for our precious DAObi onto an empire-wide market also begins. Though it is not without great…
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So you’ve bought, been given or stolen some DAObi, and now you want to make use of them. What follows is a description of the simplest (though not the only) way to do this, intended for people who have never previously owned any crypto assets. First you will need a wallet. Metamask is relatively easy to use, so it’s going to be the one we use for this example. If you don’t already have it, you can…
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Goals DAObi is a blockchain-based simulation of an ancient Chinese state. Players compete for political and economic power, and the player who builds the biggest faction becomes Chancellor, winning the right to set the token minting rate for as long as their support lasts. Whoever wishes to take power must use analogue means - charisma, bribery and intimidation – to persuade other players to back…
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12th Moon, 25th Day - New attendees at court, bathing in the afterglow of receiving Daobi, petitioned for the lead Master Craftsman to take the Chancellorship. I am fascinated to see what the Master Craftsman's adherents believe will happen. Do they expect multitudes of rewards? Do they believe that the Daobi minting is -in any way, shape or form- assisted by the Master Craftsman being given more…
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This week we’ll take a look at The Cartel. The Cartel In the beginning, when the Daobi mines were first established but authority was not, there was a mix of policies. Chancellor @sidcode chose comical numbers, Chancellor @puyuan opted for random numbers, Chancellor @wdiamond had mass-minting, Chancellor @XianyangCB wanted scarcity, Chancellor @昭烈帝 chose experimentation. Then, Chancellor…
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