Last week, I asked you: "If I wanted to be top 0.1% at understanding/designing tokenomics, what's one resource you'd recommend?"
You gave 76 great answers. Here are the most popular, plus a link to the full Tokenomics Resource List:
Full Crowdsourced List of Tokenomics Resources:
airtable.com/shraQiFHFxU7rm…
First place 🥇: @nateliason
T-2:
- @ffstrauf
- @Delphi_Digital
T-4:
- @CurveFinance
- @lisajytan
T-6:
- @Jad_AE & @skominers
- @sherminvo
Resources from each below:
#1 @nateliason
Starting in a great place to start: Tokenomics 101
Nat wrote this bible for @every at the end of last year, and it's an instant classic.
every.to/almanack/token…
T-2: @ffstrauf
Florian made it on the list with a few different resources:
- @tokenomicsdao
- His substack (fstrauf.substack.com)
- Medium post (medium.com/coinmonks/toke…)
The best place to start is his short, info-dense tokenomics GDoc:
docs.google.com/document/d/1gT…
T-2: @Delphi_Digital
@anildelphi & @Kevin_Kelly_II have been doing tokenomics since before it was cool, helping design digital economies like @AxieInfinity.
There are great Delphi resources in the Airtable, but this post on Lockdrop + LBA was top.
members.delphidigital.io/reports/introd…
T-4: @CurveFinance
Two Classics here from Curve:
- Understanding CRV: resources.curve.fi/base-features/… (Most rec'd post overall)
- Understanding Tokenomics: resources.curve.fi/base-features/…
Plus, a guide to the Curve Wars by who else... @nateliason: every.to/almanack/curve…
T-4: @lisajytan
Lisa literally wrote the book on tokenomics: Economics and Math of Token Engineering and DeFi
Plus a video (youtube.com/c/economicsdes…) and website (economicsdesign.com) for the less bookish. 🤓
amazon.com/Economics-Math…
T-6: @Jad_AE & @skominers
The @koodos co-founder and HBS prof co-wrote a gem -- A Novel Framework for Reputation-Based Systems -- for @a16z's Future.
future.a16z.com/reputation-bas…
T-6: @sherminvo
To go deep, read Sherman's Token Economy: How Web3 Reinvents the Internet.
amazon.com/Token-Economy-…
Bonus idea from Figma CEO & @chain_runners 👑 @zoink: get involved and study the flops, too.
If you're looking for the fastest and most expensive way to learn about tokenomics, listen to @KyleSamani:
There are a bunch of other authors / resources with 1 submission who are worth reading.
I'm particularly jealous of how good @cobie's writing is.
Even the SEC gets an inclusion. It's a good list.
Check out all of the resources here:
airtable.com/shraQiFHFxU7rm…
And I'm sure I'll be writing about tokenomics a bunch in the coming months. Join 105k smart folks and subscribe to Not Boring.
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If we're missing anything, you can still submit your favorite tokenomics resources here:
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