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# Introduction

Our mission is to build a new, powerful, and resilient paradigm for digital life: Dao OS.

Dao OS is not a traditional operating system. Instead, it is a set of open protocols and a core, portable library—the `Meta Unit`—that brings sovereignty, intelligence, and interoperability to any application on any platform.

Its purpose is to solve the problems of data silos, platform lock-in, and privacy erosion. It achieves this by providing a unified, secure, and user-owned "digital soul" (the `Meta Unit`) that can be integrated into any program, transforming it into a sovereign `Avatar (`化身`)` within the user's personal P2P network.

We call the ecosystem of Dao-enabled software `Dao Implements (`道器`)`.

## Core Concepts

- The `Meta Unit` (`元`): The "precise machine" of your digital life. A portable library containing your encrypted "Second Brain," core service APIs, and the capacity to be extended. It is the single source of truth that you own, waiting to be activated.

- The `Avatar` (`化身`): The "runtime" or "power source." Any program that loads and runs your `Meta Unit` becomes an Avatar. A browser tab running a web app, a command-line tool, or a native mobile app can all be Avatars, acting as the bridge that provides the `Meta Unit` with the energy (CPU, memory) and resources to operate.

- `Dao Implements` (`道器`): The ecosystem of applications and extensions that integrate the `Meta Unit` to become Avatars.

  - `Facet Implement` (`器`): An Implement with a user interface, providing a "control panel" to interact with your Dao.
  - `Core Implement` (`核`): A headless Implement (an "extension") that enhances your Dao's backend capabilities.

- A Sovereign P2P Network: All of your Avatars, regardless of the device they run on, connect to form a private, resilient, end-to-end encrypted network, keeping the data within their embedded `Meta Units` seamlessly in sync.

## Our Vision

We envision a future where your digital identity and data are not trapped within walled gardens. Where your applications are not just isolated tools, but intelligent, collaborative components of a larger digital self. Where every user is the true sovereign of their own digital life.

Join us in building this future.