building blockchains that sustain

type Blockchain interface {
    Evolve() error
    Sustain() bool
    Adapt(changes []Change) error
}

• building a blockchain isn’t about perfect code or fancy tokens
• it’s about closing loops
• every piece needs to feed back into the system
• tokenomics fuel development
• development drives adoption
• adoption powers tokenomics
• this is system-thinking-web3|system thinking in action
• understanding how parts create the whole
• break one link, everything dies

sustainable system

sustainable system:

tokenomics -----> development -----> adoption ---.
     ^                                           |
     '-------------------------------------------'

broken loops

broken loops:

hype -----> investment -----> development -----> death
     ^                                              |
     '----------------------------------------------'

sustainability is the mission

• sustainability isn’t optional - it’s the mission
• your tokenomics need to work when markets crash
• your tech needs to scale when networks congest
• your community needs to build when hype dies

experimentation matters

• that’s why experiments matter
• run them on the side
• test crazy ideas
• but never break the core

think like nature

• adapt or die
• everything connects
• waste nothing
• evolve constantly

building to last

• want to build something that lasts?
• close your loops - all of them
• build good-blockchains|good blockchains with purpose, not hype

closed loops live. broken loops die.

See also

• ml/blog/system-thinking-web3.md
• ml/blog/good-blockchains.md