Metabase is a 3rd generation blockchain that recognises problems within existing chains and improves on the technical and design limitations of first generation protocols such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Metabase targets to solve scalability issues challenging these existing blockchain platforms by introducing an innovative split chain concept. As transnational loads reach a specific threshold Metabase splits it's blockchain structures into two so that multiple chains are formed. This encourages a more efficient, scalable process than focusing on mining blocks one by one on a linear scale.

As adoption of the Metabase blockchain increases, each chain will be split into two equaly halves and then further split again depending on demand and mining capabilities. This will then form what is known as a binary tree. The advantage of splitting each block means that with increased adoption and mining power, transaction times will scale effectively as the mining force can be split across multiple blocks instead of all focus being applied to mining each block one by one.

In addition to this Metabase will also introduce an off-chain scaling solution that will allow for instant P2P payments. This will be similar to the Lighting Network for Bitcoin or the Raiden network for Ethereum. To set itself aside from these two solutions, Metabase will introduce their Ray Network as a direct integration from the very inception of their protocol.

Another key feature of Metabase is its recognition of existing programming restraints within current protocols. Metabase will place ease of use as a core focus for the design of their blockchain. Their aim is to become the go to blockchain protocol for the development of decentralized applications. They will do this by providing an infrastructure with a straightforward design that is secure, scalable and focused around user experience. Metabase will improve security and usability by creating an Opcode space that will improve the ease of development by making building applications on top of the chain simpler to program.

Metabase is a project with a very detailed whitepaper and helpful documentation available. Looking at their roadmap there is a detailed timeline of specific actions that need to be complete in order to meet their going live goal of Decmeber 2019. In addition to their Whitepaper and Roadmap, meticulous documentation is featured on the site containing features and risks, technical aspects, token sale economics and a helpful introduction for prospective token holders.

With a number of similar blockchain 2.0, 3.0 and even 4.0 projects competing for recognition, the goal of Metabase is one that is reasonably straight forward. They wish to cut around the fad ICO projects and implement a blockchain infrastructure built around scalability and sustainability. We're drawn to Metabase because of their firm vision on the long term importance of the tech, their project is one that recognises flaws in current system and puts all of their efforts into providing a valid solution.

Metabase has a main sale running between the 10th July and the 18th September.  Each META token has a value of $0.04 and a total supply of 8,000,000,000.