Cryptoeconomics Researcher

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## What You’ll Be Doing 📍Constructing game theoretical models of existing and proposed mechanisms 📍Improving tokenomics by identifying incentive gaps and potential improvements in The Graph’s token and protocol economic design 📍Developing a deep understanding of The Graph Network and ensuring it is sustainable for all network participants 📍Maintaining and publishing papers, forum posts and blog posts describing The Graph’s protocol economics 📍Applying deep knowledge of other protocols as well as academic research to identify solutions for The Graph 📍Designing incentives for key features on The Graph's roadmap 📍Collaborating with a cross-functional team to produce original work that meets the needs of a diverse set of stakeholders, with the company and protocol principles at the core. 📍Working with System Architects and Protocol Engineers to turn proposals into concrete protocol improvements 📍Championing proposed mechanisms in the community and through the governance process: participating in forum discussions, community calls and other ecosystem discussion venues to gather consensus ## What We Expect 📍Expertise in Mechanism Design, Algorithmic Game Theory, and related fields, either through an advanced degree or self-taught. 📍A deep understanding of crypto token economics. Strong curiosity and passion for crypto and web3-specific topics. 📍Experience working in industry or in another applied setting, with experience working within multidisciplinary teams, taking research ideas to production. 📍A passion for teaching others and exceptional verbal and written communication skills. 📍Experience working on cross-discipline projects, across economics, computer science, and mathematics. 📍Adept at writing LaTeX and computational notebooks (preferably in Python). 📍A strong understanding of web3 principles like decentralization, trustlessness, censorship resistance and economic security, as well as the tradeoffs in decentralized governance and progressive decentralization.

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