# Introduction

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As blockchain technology and **decentralized finance** become more widely adopted, there is an urgent need for **"quality" and artistry** in DeFi projects. As emerging economic resources, cryptocurrencies offer the opportunity to unite the shared dreams of a community and kick-start through participation. However, the decentralized and permission-less nature of DeFi is seeing tons of underdeveloped projects make amazing lightning trips to the moon. Seeing their simplicity and with some approximation errors, people are becoming victims of more and more frauds and scams. It is becoming very difficult for them to navigate and distinguish a legitimate project from a malicious one, as they are all the same, both good and bad ones.

Metal Shiba was born from this need to give a **"distinct" identity** to our project, thus keeping the trendy name that comes from our inspiration of the **Shiba Community**. We strongly believe in the ideality of the concept of Shiba Inu, but we want to show how art and quality can make a difference in all those ethereal copies. It's not just about names and trends... a project will be sustainable because of its idea, amount of people reached, community, development, genuineness of the team, transparency, and vision. We want to use the powerful decentralization of blockchain to reach the whole world. \
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We envision our product as an escape into art, for those willing to read a story and be a part of it. This project is led by a team full of passion that above all loves it and wants to support it and see it grow by reaching new milestones day after day. Each token has the same power. It's not just a measure of how much you own, having some will give you valuable and transferable ownership of a piece of this project. Most of the assets in circulation will be in the hands of the community, more than 51% will be purely decentralized and sold to raise money with third-party launchpads to ensure everyone has to pay to get some.

Metal Shiba is powered by Metal Shiba DAO. Members of the Metal Shiba DAO community (who own $METAL tokens or OG NFTs) will be able to participate in voting, token rewards, and NFT rewards. The DAO will receive compensation from the NFT marketplace to support up-and-coming artists as well as invitations to major fairs and comic shows we will be attending.

We are a movement. Based on transparency and identity. We want to build financial freedom in the fairest way by investing in what you think has a chance to succeed and deserves it.

By connecting indie comic art on blockchain, Metal Shiba allows investors to access the new economic world of blockchain, where you have the power to spawn millions of incredible ideas and take part in their rise in value over time.

At Metal Shiba, in order to attract long-term investors in a sustainable way, we are going out of the chain to bring artists, non-techies, and a strong fan base. \
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**Together, we can support art in a whole new way using the powerful tool of blockchain.**
