As the launch of the Koinos mainnet is just around the corner the quest to find a suitable stablecoin for the Koinos blockchain is still ongoing. …

This is the second part in a series of articles on the design of the KOIN token. This is not necessarily meant as a summary of the whitepapers published by the Koinos Group but instead provide a different perspective on the design of the token. In the previous article I…

For the past two weeks I’ve been thinking about a more solid way to derive an economically grounded sKOIN. By this I mean a token of which the price is strongly correlated with the KOIN price but is less volatile. In this updated model mana bonds/ mBonds still play a…

This is the first part in a series of articles on the design of the KOIN token. This is not necessarily meant as a summary of the whitepapers published by the Koinos Group but instead provide a different perspective on the design of the token. Everyone in crypto has a…

Since the introduction of sKOIN, a stable derivative of the KOIN token, there has been a lot of useful discussion on the Discord channel and the Koinos forum. The idea of linking the value of sKOIN to mana prices seems to have a lot of interest and for good reason…

This is basically a summary of my previous two articles as well as some rough ideas based on the initial feedback I received. Key points from the Emporia and mana bond articles: 1.Different tokens are needed with different time horizons. Similar to the people spreading their value (‘money’) across cash (+checking account) vs savings account vs investment portfolio. Having…

This article was meant as a ‘twin brother’ for the previous article in which I proposed Emporia, a stablecoin framework using a fractional rebase. When writing the previous article, I considered the organization of an open Mana market in the Koinos ecosystem just as important as creating a ‘pure’ medium…

From an economic perspective, Koinos’ mana system is likely the most impactful invention in blockchain we have seen so far. The need for network resources is expressed in an opportunity cost (locking mana) rather than in monetary terms, which allows for a nearly frictionless transfer of assets within the ecosystem…