Creating Your Own Metaverse with Bit.Country

This week we’re joined by Bit.Country, a Substrate-based decentralized world with a game-like feel that puts community at the forefront. Bit.Country lets anyone create their own decentralized virtual country and grow their own community. Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) talks with members of the Bit.Country team: Shannon Christie, CTO, Justin Pham, CTO, and Ray Lu, CEO about creating customizable experiences in the immersive world of metahuman technology. Besides tech, they discuss incentivizing users for social good, self-rule, and decentralized governance, designing for interoperability with Substrate, plans to launch as a Polkadot parachain and offering a place for entrepreneurs of all skill sets to create and trade NFTs across blockchains. Links Bit.Country’s website (https://bit.country/) Shannon Christie on Twitter (https://twitter.com/shannonc_nz?lang=en) Justin Pham on Twitter (https://twitter.com/justinphamnz?9lang=en) Ray Lu on Twitter (https://twitter.com/raylucode?lang=en) Industry Connect’s website (https://www.industryconnect.org) Highlights 02:36 What is Bit.Country? 09:51 The Good Neighborhood Protocol 15:20 Interoperability across chains and Bit.Countries 17:37 Choosing Substrate pallets to build Bit.Country 20:25 Two-tier governance on Bit.Country 22:48 Extending the use cases of NFTs 26:44 Bit.Country’s target audience 30:58 First steps to creating your Bit.Country 36:31 Technical stack and skills required to build a Bit.Country 42:05 Community and education programs 45:13 Business opportunities on the platform Special Guests: Justin Pham, Ray Lu, and Shannon Christie.