The Decentraland Foundation produced the foundational structure of Decentraland.
But this does not mean that the Decentraland Foundation is the foundational structure of Decentraland.
The foundational structure of Decentraland is what has been established in the Ethereum Blockchain.
https://decentraland.org/whitepaper2.pdf?page=5
The DAO and overall digital ecosystem is supported by a distributed, open source infrastructure consisting of a blockchain ledger to record asset ownership, a federated network to store and replicate the world’s content to a reference client, and a real-time communication system for user interactions.
https://decentraland.org/whitepaper2.pdf?page=11
The Foundation team worked to further improve and develop the Decentraland experience while supporting community growth.
https://decentraland.org/whitepaper2.pdf?page=12
Over the years, the Foundation has launched several key projects that have significantly enhanced the platform, such as the development of Decentraland’s SDK (Software Development Kit), enabling creators to build rich, interactive experiences
within the virtual world.
https://forum.decentraland.org/t/a-vision-for-2025
We firmly believe that the DAO should ultimately take the lead in funding, executing, and growing these strategies.