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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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Summary

In this chapter, we put forward arguments that bitcoin is and will continue to the be the reserve currency in the crypto universe because it is the only true decentralized currency that not the SEC nor any other regulatory body can sue, shutdown, or attack. It has this unique equilibrium between the users or consumers of the service, miners who secure the network and the core group of people who look after the code on Nakamoto's behalf.

Bitcoin is the killer app, at least for this decade. In the next decade, we will be looking out for that killer smart token, as more and more tokens will be created for everything soon, bringing us to token saturation and then a consolidation. Tokens will become smarter and with the advancement of AI and machine learning, the tokens in our lives will be all managed "automagically" under the covers.

We also outlined that ICOs are going to drastically change, as we've already started seeing, and turn into more traditional securities...

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