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> designed with terrible tokenomics that benefit the creator Isn't benefiting the creator an explicit purpose/benefit of this system? (i.e. to fund the continu
by Retr0id 1y ago
> designed with terrible tokenomics that benefit the creator
Isn't benefiting the creator an explicit purpose/benefit of this system? (i.e. to fund the continued operation of sci-hub)
- eimrine 1y agoBenefiting the system is way more imporltant.
- beeflet 1y agoYes, but that should be done in a way more transparent way (donations, fees, etc.) than manipulating the tokenomics of the coin out from under you.
- Retr0id 1y agoI thought the taxation vs inflation point you made in an earlier edit of this comment was a good one, did something make you change your mind to remove it?
- beeflet 1y agoNo, I just thought it was too long and distracted from my initial point. I can't edit it back, but for anyone else interested it was like this: "In the same way it's better to fund public services by taxing things directly than by inflating the currency because it's easier to manipulate the metrics for inflation than to manipulate direct taxation, and the taxpayer ultimately needs to make sense of what they're paying for in a democracy."
- Vinnl 1y agoI suppose in this case the questionable legality makes it a bit harder to publicly fund...