Austin Castellaw

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.

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.

With these market conditions come implicit assumptions around the future state of crypto. For builders and investors to meet expectations over the next 5-10 years, how much market cap creation will we need to see? How much institutional capital will need to enter the space to support these assets? Where might institutions allocate? How can both... See more

I love that. That’s super interesting. Okay. So, I have some sort of nosy questions for you. How do you get paid and how is it determined how much you get paid?

Hybrid — Some projects like Frax Finance use a hybrid approach to find a balance between these issues. The peg to USD is algorithmically maintained, but they also have reserves available to handle periods of extreme volatility and market demand. This strategy seems the most likely to survive long term.

-People are more satisfied with their job when they know the process on how they are compensated and how their work is valued. 

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