# Introduction

## A professional metaverse where talent meets opportunity.

We're building a decentralised virtual world where professionals build their identities, engage with each other through incentivised skill competitions and get access to work opportunities at leading global brands using **WLPD**, the ERC-20 token powering the metaverse.

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Companies can use WLPD to buy **SQUARE** (ERC-721 token) land parcels for building their Virtual HQs to conduct competitions and hire talent.

WLPD stakers earn passive yields and get to participate in the platform's governance via a Decentralised Autonomous Organization (**DAO**). We aim to bring blockchain into professional hiring, attracting both crypto and non-crypto enthusiasts.

Every token-centric activity on the metaverse is a 10x easier alternative to that in the physical world, with stakeholders **already** paying for the same.

Read on for a more detailed explanation.
