Two tokenomics experts, Yan Liberman, co-founder of Delphi Digital, and Viktor Bunin, protocol specialist at Coinbase Cloud, discuss their experiences building tokens, their thoughts on the recent ENS/PSP airdrops, and what “fair” token distribution looks like. Show highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the definition of tokenomics</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what factors (such as utility, fairness, liquidity, security, etc.) token designers are incentivizing for</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Yan learned from helping design Astroport tokenomics</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Vikor learned from helping design Threshold, the token that was built to facilitate the merge of NuCypher and Keep</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how the EIP 1559 burn has changed Ethereum’s tokenomics</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how EIP 1559 has improved investor outlook for Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Viktor is worried about people actually using Ethereum going forward</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Viktor and Yan think about how the ENS airdrop farming issue was handled</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Viktor and Yan think about ParaSwap’s PSP airdrop and why Viktor thinks ParaSwap made a “mistake”</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Viktor and Yan would go about airdropping a token to good actors instead of bad actors</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how improvements in on-chain identity could help future airdrops </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">fair launch tokens versus VC-backed tokens</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what the definition of fair is in terms of tokenomics</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Viktor thinks a token’s distribution is more important than a token’s launch</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what could be the optimal way to distribute liquidity mining rewards</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how community affects tokenomics</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how to incentivize NFT-based tokens, like the forthcoming Bored Ape Yacht Club token, for the right goals </li> </ul>     Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021"> https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021</a>      Nodle: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3AXGydJ">https://bit.ly/3AXGydJ</a>    Yan Liberman -- co founder at Delphi Digital <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">LinkedIn: <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanliberman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanliberman</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/yanliberman">https://twitter.com/yanliberman</a> </li> </ul>   Viktor Bunin -- protocol specialist at Coinbase (Bison Trails) <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">LinkedIn: <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorbunin">https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorbunin</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/ViktorBunin">https://twitter.com/ViktorBunin</a> </li> </ul>   Tokenomics 101 Primers: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The Tie: <a href= "https://research.thetie.io/token-economics/">https://research.thetie.io/token-economics/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Smith and Crown: <a href= "https://smithandcrown.com/research/issues-of-fairness-in-token-distribution/"> https://smithandcrown.com/research/issues-of-fairness-in-token-distribution/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">A Timeline of Token Distributions: <a href= "https://blog.coinlist.co/the-evolution-of-token-distribution-models/"> https://blog.coinlist.co/the-evolution-of-token-distribution-models/</a> </li> </ul>   Recent Airdrops + Airdrop farming <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">PSP:  </li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://medium.com/paraswap/introducing-the-psp-token-to-make-paraswap-even-more-efficient-and-decentralized-c4730e50be72"> https://medium.com/paraswap/introducing-the-psp-token-to-make-paraswap-even-more-efficient-and-decentralized-c4730e50be72</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">ENS: <a href= "https://twitter.com/ensdomains/status/1457862602239926274"> https://twitter.com/ensdomains/status/1457862602239926274</a></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1456424366850281488"> https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1456424366850281488</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Airdrop Farming <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Potential airdrops coming up: </li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/missed-the-ens-airdrop-here-are-the-crypto-projects-rumored-to-decentralize-next/"> https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/missed-the-ens-airdrop-here-are-the-crypto-projects-rumored-to-decentralize-next/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-airdrops#:~:text=DeFi%20protocols%20are%20increasingly%20turning,their%20systems%20in%20the%20past"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-airdrops</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.trustnodes.com/2021/11/14/ethereans-sneak-to-zksync-for-airdrop-farming"> https://www.trustnodes.com/2021/11/14/ethereans-sneak-to-zksync-for-airdrop-farming</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">PSP drop w/ heavy requirements</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">​<a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/11/15/dex-aggregator-paraswap-launches-psp-token-on-heels-of-ens-airdrop-excitement/">https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/11/15/dex-aggregator-paraswap-launches-psp-token-on-heels-of-ens-airdrop-excitement/</a>  </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">ENS Blacklist</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1456048492141441027"> https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1456048492141441027</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Topics Mentioned <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Astroport tokenomics</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://astroport.medium.com/hello-astro-announcing-the-astroport-governance-token-drops-a07a1bf3ed94"> https://astroport.medium.com/hello-astro-announcing-the-astroport-governance-token-drops-a07a1bf3ed94</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">NuCypher + Keep merge</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://decrypt.co/73800/forget-hard-fork-what-happens-after-kee-nucypher-hard-merge"> https://decrypt.co/73800/forget-hard-fork-what-happens-after-kee-nucypher-hard-merge</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">SushiSwap vampire attack</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://finematics.com/vampire-attack-sushiswap-explained/"> https://finematics.com/vampire-attack-sushiswap-explained/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Tokemak tokenomics</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://medium.com/the-capital/defi-2-0-is-it-the-next-wave-of-cryptocurrency-4499e838ea44"> https://medium.com/the-capital/defi-2-0-is-it-the-next-wave-of-cryptocurrency-4499e838ea44</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Miscellaneous <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What is liquidity mining?</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-is-liquidity-mining-and-how-does-it-work-d0ab491e607"> https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-is-liquidity-mining-and-how-does-it-work-d0ab491e607</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The Internet of Money (recommended by Viktor)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://theinternetofmoney.info/">https://theinternetofmoney.info/</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Other Fun Topics  <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How Token Governance Mechanisms can be implemented</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://outlierventures.io/research/what-is-the-secret-to-building-valuable-tokens-part-2/"> https://outlierventures.io/research/what-is-the-secret-to-building-valuable-tokens-part-2/</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Crypto Gaming economics</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://outlierventures.io/research/p2e-2-0-a-new-economic-model-for-gaming-based-on-crypto-tokens/"> https://outlierventures.io/research/p2e-2-0-a-new-economic-model-for-gaming-based-on-crypto-tokens/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Does farming represent progress in token distribution?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://smithandcrown.com/research/adaptations-in-token-distribution-mechanisms-does-farming-represent-progress/"> https://smithandcrown.com/research/adaptations-in-token-distribution-mechanisms-does-farming-represent-progress/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Should treasuries hold native tokens?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano/status/1460278949867442182"> https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano/status/1460278949867442182</a> </li> </ul>

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