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Tokenomics

You're reading from   Tokenomics The Crypto Shift of Blockchains, ICOs, and Tokens

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789136326
Length 486 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sean Au Sean Au
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Thomas Power(GBP) Thomas Power(GBP)
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Once Upon a Token FREE CHAPTER 2. A Bit of Coin Theory 3. The Potential of ICOs 4. Token Varieties 5. The Need for a Token 6. Playing by the Rules 7. The Token Sales Mechanics 8. White Paper, Website, and Team 9. Social Media and Influencers 10. Marketing and the launch 11. Voices of the ICO World 12. The Future Summary
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Chapter 3. The Potential of ICOs

Whether or not you believe that history repeats itself, there is no denying that there are patterns. Patterns affect other patterns (like a kaleidoscope), patterns are found within patterns (fractals), or are hidden (the value of pi). Much of what we see today, in this new world of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and the new token economy, can and has been compared to various historic events of the past.

In this chapter, we will take a look at the potential of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) by taking a step back in time, before zooming into the future by looking at the following topics:

  • What is an ICO?
  • The difference between coins and tokens
  • The dot-com versus dot-coin bubble
  • Risk in ICOs
  • A new era of ICO innovation

We will start by explaining what an ICO is and all the associated terminology, before interpreting the days of the dot-com bubble back in the late 1990s/early 2000s and comparing them to what many now call the "dot-coin...

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