How do you become a Tokenomics expert?

How do you become a Tokenomics expert?

Tokenomics is one of the hottest areas of web3. Linking data and utility to finance and money through a token is without doubt one of the biggest innovations web3 has brought to the table. This is one of the reasons why having a tokenomics expert as part of a web3 project is critical and probably why you’re interested in the topic!

In this article I want to cover the resources and steps that will set you along the way of becoming a Tokenomics expert:

1. What makes a good tokenomics expert
2. The core curriculum you’ll need to know
3. Some best resources you can start exploring

What makes a good tokenomics expert?

Tokenomics is a topic that fuses many different sectors and bodies of information. It requires one to fuse these different topics into a coherent, complex adaptive system that works together with a specific business use case. As such it requires to be a first principal thinker, with the capability to understand and grasp both the social sciences and mathematical models.

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Last but not least, putting tokenomics into practice, together with the technical and business teams in a company, requires the ability to collaborate and communicate clearly. All in all, not the easiest of positions to do well!

What topics does a tokenomics expert need to know?

To quote from “The complete tokenomics course syllabus”:

“Tokenomics incorporates many, many, different domains. It’s a domain that tries to bridge technological systems, economic systems, human psychology and politics.”

So what goes into that syllabus? A lot:

• Political science: governance, human behavior theory and philosophy.
• Game design & game theory.
• Economics: modeling, supply and demand evaluation and econometrics.
• Finance: Opportunity cost, business evaluation, investing.
• Financial history: There’s (almost) nothing new under the sun. It’s good to know what’s worked and what’s failed in the past.
• Blockchain and cryptography: smart contracts, consensus mechanisms.

If these topics fascinate you and you think you’re the right combination of a multi disciplinarian interested in the humanities, mathematical modeling, programing and cryptography and product and project management — here are the resources to get you started!

Resources to become a tokenomics expert

If you’ve made it this far, here are some resources I recommend to get started:

1. Designing Tokenomics email course: a 14 day free email course that walks through the reasons behind launching a token, understanding supply and demand and some key mistakes to avoid when you launch as well as how to evaluate projects.
2. Designing Tokenomics hub: articles, blogs and all things on tokenomics
3. Matty’s tokenomics guide: covers tokenomics from end to end
4. Tokens but how: A podcast that tries to understand in depth, when you need a token and what benefit it really brings.

Each of these resources link to many other ones and should get you well on your way to becoming a tokenomics expert!