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Incorporating tokenomics into cities

19 Jun 2021 8 minute read 10 comments zrixes

Satoshi Nakamoto gave us the Bitcoin Network and a new incentive model - tokenomics which allows users to bootstrap network effects. For the past 12 years, tons of innovation, and experiments have gone into understanding and utilizing blockchain tech...

Do Algorithmic Stablecoins Provide the Required Stability for DeFi

29 Mar 2021 6 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

INTRODUCTION: "An algorithmic stablecoin is a token that adjusts its supply deterministically (i.e. using an algorithm) in order to move the price of the token in the direction of a price target.... At the most basic level, an algorithmic stablecoin...

Why Cryptoeconomies Are Different Than Real-World Economies

23 Mar 2021 6 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor

It doesn’t take long before someone new to cryptocurrencies discovers some similarities, and a few differences, with real-world economics. In fact, at the most basic level, there is no difference at all. All currency values are directly tied to the l...

A Cypherpunk Introduction to Cryptoeconomics

22 Feb 2021 4 minute read 10 comments Allen Taylor

Cryptoeconomics is the fusion of two social science disciplines as old as civilization itself: Economics and cryptography. I’m going to assume that most readers are familiar with the fundamentals of economics. If you understand that the price of tea...

Fiat, Liquidity, and the Future of Crypto

8 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Fredwriter

The Long-Term Value of Fiat On a recent Reddit AMA, Financier Ray Dalio cast doubt on the USD's long-term prospects as a store of value. According to Dalio, who heads up mega hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, the strong dollar is a reflection of the...

DeFi, Cryptoeconomics, and CBPP Research Roundup

2 Apr 2020 7 minute read 0 comments Ledgerback

Introduction Hi everyone! Here is a short and sweet roundup on three interesting research papers we have recently found discussing commons-based peer production (CBPP), decentralized finance (DeFi), token engineering (often used synonymously with to...

January Research Roundup

17 Mar 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Ledgerback

  Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great start to the new year. Here is a short and sweet roundup on interesting articles and projects we recently found covering Data Monetization, Decentralized Finance (DeFi)...

Binance broadens the scope of its Ecosystem

9 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn

The Crypto business giant is adding three new products to its existing line of services   Just when you think what else can Binance possibly add to its impressive line of services, it surprises you by offering another innovative solution to its...

Prediction Markets: Designs, Implementations, Usefulness and Value (as a Public Service and Policy-Making Advisory, etc.)

18 Dec 2019 9 minute read 1 comment rhyzom

I really wouldn't call myself libertarian, just to be clear. Actually, I wouldn't subscribe to any kind of ism or declare myself any kind of ist or ian - cos I find this explicit subscription to some ideology or set of preconceived notions, ideas, ru...

The LOGIC behind Brand Tokens

12 Aug 2019 3 minute read 11 comments Africahead

Background: What is the business reality? a) Story Experience showed, to be a "successful" entrepreneur at a relatively young age, you have to be a brother or sister of a "gang". The logic of the Eucharist/Mass happens generally. The utilitarian reli...