Tokenomics Learning Resources

November 23, 2022

Accelerating Your Web3 Projects With Tokenomics

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Tokenomics changes how web3 startups scale.

But how does it work?

Here are the 20 tokenomics learning resources you need to know 🧵

What is tokenomics? (for newsletter audience)

It’s the token mechanism of a project.
Tokenomics tells how digital assets and platforms are structured,
how they function, and the economic incentives that drive them.

1. cofounder of @blaize_tech,@CoolishD, has elaborated the tokenomics mechanisms in this blog.

Also great analysis on motivations of players and investors.
https://blaize.tech/article-type/tokenomics-for-crypto-games-how-to-develop-economy-for-gamefi/

2. Cryptoeconomics fundamentals by @NTmoney

https://thecontrol.co/cryptoeconomics-101-e5c883e9a8ff

3. Blockchains 101’s tokenomics courses teach fundamentals and current trends.

https://101blockchains.com/course/tokenization-fundamentals/

4. Token sales models by @VitalikButerin

https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/09/sales.html

5. Every Newsletter evaluates projects with tokenomics concepts.

Some good case study: @curvefinance and @convexfinance
https://every.to/almanack/tokenomics-101

6. One of smoothie articles inspired by @TaschaLabs is about tokenization.

Read this to know how utility tokens will work for your projects.
https://twitter.com/withsmoothie/status/1572594972033175555?s=20&t=kKBRiGG5l3z_v4Mr7eU_GA

7. @wmougayar wrote this viral blog: Tokenomics — A Business Guide to Token Usage, Utility and Value

https://medium.com/@wmougayar/tokenomics-a-business-guide-to-token-usage-utility-and-value-b19242053416

8. 5 things to look for in tokenomics by @TaschaLabs

https://twitter.com/TaschaLabs/status/1546207640375533568?s=20&t=kKBRiGG5l3z_v4Mr7eU_GA

9. @blockgks posted a series of YT videos about tokenomics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBtK4HUcO4

10. @joincoinsider teaches ways to evaluate tokenomics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7mrpayYNc

11. @coinbureau tells the secret of great tokenomics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftCaqG7wckg

12. A book “Token Economy: How the Web3 reinvents the Internet” by Shermin Voshmgir is a good read.

@sherminvo summarizes blockchain networks and other distributed ledgers.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54222022-token-economy

13. @AmeerRosic introduces Cryptocurrency Game Theory here.

https://blockgeeks.com/guides/cryptocurrency-game-theory/

14. Tokenomics: how we design them and why the token matters more than the money

https://medium.com/tutellus-io/tokenomics-how-we-design-them-and-why-the-token-matters-more-than-the-money-b787e0f94898

15. Behavioral Crypto-Economics: The Challenge and Promise of Blockchain Incentive Design

https://medium.com/lunar-ventures/behavioral-crypto-economics-6d8befbf2175

16. This blog takes Bitcoin as an example to make sense of  “Cryptoeconomics”

https://medium.com/l4-media/making-sense-of-cryptoeconomics-5edea77e4e8d

17. Blockchain Research’s deep dive examines tokenomics through supply and demand.

https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/tokenomics-deep-dive-binance-research

18. @tokenomicsdao’s podcast explains how tokenomics design framework works.

https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/25-the-tokenomics-design-framework-tdf-explained/id1612644466?i=1000578836408

19. @cburniske gets into the theories and calculation of Cryptoasset Valuations

https://medium.com/@cburniske/cryptoasset-valuations-ac83479ffca7

20. The Token Classification Framework: A multi-dimensional tool for understanding and classifying crypto tokens.

https://www.untitled-inc.com/the-token-classification-framework-a-multi-dimensional-tool-for-understanding-and-classifying-crypto-tokens/

Key takeaways:

There are many learning resources out there.
Upcoming new ideas can push web3 projects to go further!
Let’s go🔥

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Sources

https://blaize.tech/article-type/tokenomics-for-crypto-games-how-to-develop-economy-for-gamefi/

https://thecontrol.co/cryptoeconomics-101-e5c883e9a8ff

https://101blockchains.com/course/tokenization-fundamentals/

https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/09/sales.html

https://every.to/almanack/tokenomics-101

https://twitter.com/withsmoothie/status/1572594972033175555?s=20&t=kKBRiGG5l3z_v4Mr7eU_GA

https://medium.com/@wmougayar/tokenomics-a-business-guide-to-token-usage-utility-and-value-b19242053416

https://twitter.com/TaschaLabs/status/1546207640375533568?s=20&t=kKBRiGG5l3z_v4Mr7eU_GA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBtK4HUcO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7mrpayYNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftCaqG7wckg

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54222022-token-economy

https://blockgeeks.com/guides/cryptocurrency-game-theory/

https://medium.com/tutellus-io/tokenomics-how-we-design-them-and-why-the-token-matters-more-than-the-money-b787e0f94898

https://medium.com/lunar-ventures/behavioral-crypto-economics-6d8befbf2175

https://medium.com/l4-media/making-sense-of-cryptoeconomics-5edea77e4e8d

https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/tokenomics-deep-dive-binance-research

https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/25-the-tokenomics-design-framework-tdf-explained/id1612644466?i=1000578836408

https://medium.com/@cburniske/cryptoasset-valuations-ac83479ffca7

https://www.untitled-inc.com/the-token-classification-framework-a-multi-dimensional-tool-for-understanding-and-classifying-crypto-tokens/

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