Token Economics in Real Life: Cryptocurrency and Incentives Design for Insolar's Blockchain Network
Henry Kim, Marek Laskowski, Michael Zargham, Hjalmar Turesson, Matthew Barlin, Danil Kabanov
Abstract
The study of setting up cryptocurrency incentive mechanisms and operationalizing governance is called token economics. Given the US$250 billion market cap for cryptocurrencies, there is compelling need to investigate it. In this article, we present facets of the token engineering process for a Swiss blockchain startup.
Topics & Concepts
CryptocurrencyBlockchainSecurity tokenIncentiveComputer scienceOperationalizationComputer securityProcess (computing)Corporate governanceToken economyBusinessOperating systemEconomicsMicroeconomicsFinanceEngineeringPhilosophyReinforcementStructural engineeringEpistemologyBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceDigital Platforms and Economics