If We Don’t Reinvent Tokenomics, Decentralized Infrastructure Will Fail

04/10/2025 12 min
If We Don’t Reinvent Tokenomics, Decentralized Infrastructure Will Fail

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/if-we-dont-reinvent-tokenomics-decentralized-infrastructure-will-fail.
How control theory and burn-and-mint tokenomics can create scalable, stable blockchain infrastructure networks like Helium and Filecoin.
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Blockchain-based infrastructure networks (like Helium and Filecoin) struggle with fixed-supply tokenomics that reward early adopters but fail to incentivize long-term growth. This article proposes modeling token economies as dynamical systems using control theory to balance supply, demand, and pricing. By applying adaptive burn-and-mint strategies and predictive optimization, networks can achieve sustainable equilibrium, avoiding inflation while encouraging new suppliers to join. The result: token economies up to 2.4× more stable than traditional stablecoin heuristics.


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