Melon is an experimental project developed during a 2-years workshop by Melonport AG. The ambitious endeavor undertaken by the Melon team was to build an open-source and decentralized asset management system powered by Ethereum. Mission accomplished. During this talk we will provide a deep insight on our journey building the asset management infrastructure of tomorrow on top of Ethereum. We will present the token economics (Melonomics) and the governance mechanisms of Melon v1.0. The Melon economics and governance system are unique in many aspects and will allow Melonport to step down as sole maintainer of Melon protocol, while ensuring the longevity and integrity of the protocol. Melonport will not exist at this time next year and this presentation will explain how we made this possible. This presentation constitutes the first step in the decentralization process of the maintenance of the Melon protocol, as we would like to make a call for applications to the Melon Technical Council.