Austin Castellaw

For example, Starknet's virtual machine, powered by Cairo, unleashes this true potentiality as their native programming language is not bounded by the EVM constraints.

-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.

Coordinape offers a novel model for determining compensation in a way that can be more fair and reflective of actual contributions: since peers vote, there’s not as much emphasis on appeasing a single person, and power is more distributed throughout the organization.

I think one of the most important things is for protocol teams or communities to first figure out what it is that they’re trying to accomplish and what their token specifically will be used for. For a lot of work token models like KEEP, NuCypher, or The Graph, the token is used to provide a service — the token is serving as a tax medallion. And so... See more

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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

But there are other issues:

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.

The cycle is pretty much - creator attracts viewers on Y → Y becomes the ideal platform for viewers to view their creators → Y uses creator to attract more creators → Y gets more creators, earning them more money, allowing them to attract more creators → but now Youtube virtually has monopoly over all other similar platforms and creators → They get... See more