i’ve thought about in-game economies, tokens & ecosystem design nearly every waking second for the past two years
not casually—obsessively, pathologically; like a madman replaying the same dream with slightly different mechanics; a new approach, a different experiment, but the same objective
it started as curiosity, became instinct, now it’s religious intuition. this isn’t a “space” to me—it’s a worldview, an extension of how i see value, trust, coordination, progress—the future
fc had a chapter, but i’ve since moved into more recursive loops—where game loops, economic loops, social loops & incentives collapse into one
i don’t have hot takes on anything else, or at least nothing that you should take to heart. i barely even know what day it is. this is the one thing my brain recycles, all day, everyday 5 replies
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you’re gonna hate this answer, but it’s not one size fits all
appcoins can be various token classes, and each class has pros, cons, and tradeoffs relative to the others wrt to primitive needs, behaviors & mechanics
so it depends on goals & product
i also have extreme views on ecosystems as they relate to crypto & how that term is typically used here
i don’t believe 10 competitors on base is an ecosystem
fundamentally, in the ecological sense, all tokens must work together for it to be an ecosystem
so first you need structural balance, then you can look to expand, grow, incubate, whatever
so not all appcoins are equal & not all “ecosystems” are equal so there is your non-answer :) 1 reply
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