How the FTXs disaster is the best example for the downfalls of CeFi and why sovereign wallet management and financial education is key — Due to recent events around the collapse of FTX and Alameda Research I decided to pre-publish a section on DeFi of the upcoming and updated third edition of the book Token Economy. I am convinced that education is key to a more nuanced discussion about what DeFi is, why the…

Third Edition? — Given the big traction and overwhelming feedback I have received for the book Token Economy, I thinking about pivoting from my originaly plan to write a completely new book on purpose-driven tokens and DAOs and integrate the new content I have started to write into the exiting book as a…

… and some reflections about Web2 based coordination vs Web3 based DAOs — 12 months after I put the book online for free on Github it has been translated by a group of volunteers into 9 different languages 6 of which are complete (Portugese, Brazilian, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Farsi) and 3 (Chinese, Japanese, French) of which are still in progress or have only…

Github Version, Paperback & Ebook — I am happy to announce that the Italian translation of Token Economy is now also available on Github for free. Together with the translators we decided to additionally publish a slightly revised and copy edited paperback and ebook edition on various online platforms, for all those who like a private…

Analysis of Stakeholders, Tokens & Governance Processes — The aim of this post is to explain and summarize — in a nutshell — the activities around TEC (Token Engineering Commons) — their goals, their mechanisms, and the co-creation process they are currently going through to collectively design the many governance parameters of their future DAO. Due to the…

Fractional ownership & beyond — The following text has been adapted from a chapter of the book Token Economy Last week I was invited to speak at a conference on tokenizing the real estate industry. The focus was mostly on the tokenization of property rights and the potential of creating unique digital representatives (NFTs) replacing…

Finished and upcoming translations — Thanks to the collaborative effort of so many volunteers the Spanish version has been finalized and is now fully available online on Github. The Farsi version is also in the final stages and partially online, and will be fully available within the next couple of weeks. The full text of…

Sample Chapter of Upcoming Book — This is a sneak peak into my upcoming book with the focus on Token Economy Use Cases where I will be on analysing use cases of purpose-driven tokens that incentivise individual action towards a public good. It will be practical guide to a wide array of DAOs and public goods…

Big thanks to António Chagas, Courtnay Guimaraes, Jose Rui Sousa, Joana Camilo! — In December 2020 I decided to release the book Token Economy on Github under a non commercial creative commons licence for several reasons: In some countries people had a hard time buying my book because of international sanctions or logistical challenges. Some people could not afford to buy the book. …