This is a special episode of the Flippening Podcast. The research arm of Nomics, creatively titled “Nomics Research,” will be publishing the audiobook you’re about to hear on Audible. But before we do that, we’re broadcasting it here for free.
This audiobook is a reading of Katya Kovalenko’s 10K word blog post, entitled “Investing In Smart Contract Platforms: How Developer Ecosystems, Crypto Economics, and Token Mechanics Create Value on Platforms Like Ethereum, EOS, Cardano and Tezos.” (Note: We also created an audiobook for the article Nathaniel Whittemore and I published last December, entitled “Crypto Market Cap: An In-Depth Review & Survey Of Emerging Alternatives”).
What you’re about to hear is a private investor’s take on the smart contract space and possible ways to evaluate and invest in smart contract platforms.
This audiobook is broken up into three parts:

A deep exploration of what smart contract platforms are
A framework for evaluating smart contract platforms
A consideration of smart contract investing’s future

In This Episode We Discuss

What are smart contracts?
Potential use cases of smart contracts
Current concerns with smart contract platforms
Ethereum, Stellar, EOS, RSK, Cardano, Tezos
How to evaluate smart contract platforms
The role of developer experience and governance
Ecosystem funds and developer adoption
Avenues for investing in smart contracts
Katya’s predictions for the futureLinks Relevant To This Episode:

Investing In Smart Contract Platforms: How Developer Ecosystems, Crypto Economics, and Token Mechanics Create Value on Platforms Like Ethereum, EOS, Cardano and Tezos
Crypto Market Cap: An In-Depth Review & Survey Of Emerging Alternatives 

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