In 2017, we published the Blockstack Whitepaper 1.0 and completed the first Blockstack token offering, with a focus on regulatory frameworks and creating a vision for the future of the technology. We’ve learned a lot since then, and are proposing new improvements to our token economics going forward.

Since 2017, there has been a lot of progress in the (new) field of token economics with different models and analysis frameworks emerging (see this and this). Given the potential offering to the general public in 2019, the hard-fork required to distribute those Stacks tokens, and the potential start of mining on the network in late 2019 or early 2020, we felt that it was the appropriate time to take a deep dive on the Stacks token economics model, engage the relevant experts, and perform an economic audit of our token distribution model.

We recently commissioned Prysm Group to conduct an economic audit and help establish a robust economic model. Our goal was to identify any potential long-term issues and help the ecosystem avoid issues related to token inflation and volatile network activity. In addition to the Prysm Group, we also sought feedback from Blockstack core developers, independent entities (like New Internet Labs), Blockstack PBC board, and other domain experts. We plan to make the executive summary of this economic study public as well.

Now we want to get feedback broadly from the Blockstack community.

Certain sections of the token economics 2.0 paper are still being reviewed but I’m happy to share the details on the proposed adaptive mint and burn mechanism. Please see Section 4 Future Token Supply below:

We are excited to introduce a more robust economic model to strengthen the ecosystem well into the future. We plan to share the full token economics 2.0 paper and executive summary of economic audit soon. In the meantime, we are interested in hearing your feedback. Please let us know your thoughts by commenting in here. Thanks!

Muneeb Ali

CEO, Blockstack PBC

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