The Economics of Blockchain Protocols

In this episode featuring Primoz Kordez, you’ll learn:

What determines the value of a cryptocurrency
The differences between the two main types of cryptocurrencies we’ve seen in the past two years: cryptocurrencies that can be divided into currencies with the function of means of payment or store of value, and currencies with utility value
How blockchain protocols will give rise to decentralized systems in which individuals co-create the value of the networks
The importance of incentives in establishing distributed networks in which individual participants are rewarded and the network itself appreciates in value

Cryptoeconomics 101

In this episode featuring cryptocurrency venture fund founder Nick Tomaino, you will learn:

What ‘cryptoeconomics’ is, and why it matters to the ecosystem
The history of decentralized systems including Kazaa and Bittorrent, and why the lack of cryptoeconomic systems stifled them from thriving
How Vitalik Buterin, founder of the Ethereum protocol, is pushing the bounds of cryptoeconomics
How crypto monetary policy influences the trajectory decentralized networks

In this episode featuring Joel Monegro, you’ll learn:

How economic value for decentralized blockchain-based networks tends to be distributed to protocols rather than applications
Why shared data, such as user data, in decentralized systems, leads to value creation at the protocol level
Why crypto tokens are an essential incentives layer in blockchain networks
How tokens lead to a feedback loop incentivizing investment, development, entrepreneurship, and healthy speculation