Lever
Sources
Where rewards come from: treasury, revenue, sponsors.
Participation Economy
Community Economics: Design the economy before you launch the community.
Sources, sinks, incentives and governance: the mechanics that decide whether a community thrives or farms itself to death.
Quick answer
What is community economics?
The study and design of how value is created, distributed and kept in balance inside an online community — including rewards, tokens, status and governance.
The four levers
Lever
Sinks
Where value is spent or removed: perks, fees, burns.
Lever
Incentives
What behavior is encouraged — and what gets gamed.
Lever
Governance
Who changes the rules, and how fast.
Check your community
Community Engagement Score
A quick health check for any online community.
Questions, answered
What is the first rule?
Do not emit more rewards than the community creates in value.
The future isn’t something you wait for.
You build it.
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