This is a new design space for tokens: one that is more social-oriented and flexible. As the community grows and changes, the design for the token is able to change as well. This is similar to many early internet communities or fan pages. Once communities figure out which of these templates work best, more communities will shift towards the minimal... See more

Unlike progressive decentralization, The Lean Token Design framework suggests that tokens shouldn’t have any complexity, but have some minimal viable utility to rally an early community. These tokens would be introduced early on in a community’s lifecycle along with an initial use case for the token to drive early demand. The framework also introdu... See more

The lean token framework suggests that it’s not necessary to raise capital, but rather build an early group of believers who want to drive demand for the token. While this framework starts out at the opposite side of the spectrum (half-baked, wide distribution) it ultimately tries to reach a similar end state as the progressive decentralization mod... See more