Austin Castellaw

-Tracheo says at yearn finance people were really open to the unknown and wasn't concerned about creating a corporate structure. The competitive advantage is the collective wisdom of the group emerged when there was a permissionless structure.

In this third part, I’m going to cover utility. Utility is a subsection of the Demand side of the tokenomics equation. Even if a token has a great supply model, it still needs a good reason to exist and for people to hold it. Without those, there will be no demand for it, and no one will buy or hold it.

Capital is flowing into crypto. Over $20B in crypto funds have been raised since the start of 2021 per Dove Metrics. Dry powder is abundant, but liquidity is asymmetrically distributed. Most capital is focused on early-stage, private projects. That’s not sustainable. While retail investors have been able to consume the float of historical crypto... See more

Summary: If you assume the next 5 years of crypto venture funds produce blended 10x returns, then (based on recent investing volumes) these cohorts of token projects will need to produce an estimated $2T of market cap and over $800B of float would enter markets on a 5-10 year time horizon. This cannot be absorbed by retail; it will require... See more

So, in summary, single, dual, or triple token models are irrelevant if the game's sink and sources are not thoroughly considered + target demographic + game objectives.  Personally, I favor a dual or triple token model that separates investor and player incentives.

SourceCred (in the most basic sense) is a technology that makes the labor of individuals more visible and rewardable as they work together in a project or community. The goal of SourceCred is to use this technology to make rewarding labor as nuanced as human contribution often is. We hope to be one piece in the puzzle of a healthier future where... See more

-People are much happier with the transparency of the give tokens. Coordinape does not solve the problem of social signaling as the most veteran visible members often receive the most recognition.

Revenge Votes are mostly happening in small DAOs in which members usually allocate to all members. If someone gives you an amount that you don’t find acceptable, you will also allocate a small amount to this member.