I wrote a research paper on replacing Coursera with Web3. Here's what it's about.

Metaplay is a decentralized learning marketplace. Creators own their work. Certificates are cryptographically unforgeable. Governance is mathematically fair. Starting a 17-day series breaking down my research paper — one section per day. Today: the big picture. The 3 problems Metaplay solves: Platforms capture 90% of creator revenue Certificates are just PDFs anyone can fake Governance is dominated by whoever has the most money The 3 solutions: Smart contracts pay creators directly — no middlemen zk-SNARK + Soulbound Tokens = mathematically unforgeable credentials Identity-Gated Quadratic Voting = fair governance by design Full breakdown in my Notion doc → https://www.notion.so/PART-1-FOUNDATION-CONTEXT-330984e339b08007bf76cdca34e8f8e4?source=copy_link