Austin Castellaw

But setting up Tokenomics is not a small task for creators, specifically for those new to the crypto world. How many tokens should a creator allocate to contributors? How much of the supply should be reserved for the community’s treasury? What will be the total initial supply? Many questions come to mind, and it's not always easy to have the... See more

-Trust and self-awareness are key to having conversations around performance and compensation. DAO tools are about facilitating hard conversations and personal growth.

And so when people are designing these incentive mechanisms and tokens, what types of factors are they considering? Whether it’s things like fairness or liquidity or security or the developer ecosystem, or I’m sure there’s plenty of other considerations. But what do you find that people are thinking about and tend to value? For some of the... See more

So, what types of tokens should be used for which community purposes? As with most things in life, the answer is: it’s complicated! Each DAO needs to evaluate what type of community they are trying to build and determine the right combination of assets for economics, governance, and membership. But, generally speaking, we think it makes more sense... See more

I get paid in a lot of different ways which is the fun part of this. So, there are a few different ways. One of them is in tokens that are effectively like governance tokens from a DAO. So, for Index for example, I’m paid in Index tokens. I personally hold those tokens. Some people who are paid in those tokens sell them right away, it depends on if... See more

-Power naturally falls into a small group of people so you have to be intentional about giving away power as there are common roles that people can fall into. 

The gaming industry is slowly waking up to blockchain technology. It will dramatically change the gaming landscape to the benefit of gamers.