Speaker

Vasily Sumanov, Head of Research of PowerPool

🧡 Welcome to Track 8 of the Study Season!

Please find below everything you need to know.

Sessions

Track 8/1: Tuesday, May 14, 16:00–17:30 UTC (30 minutes for introductions at the beginning of the first session)

Track 8/2: Tuesday, May 21, 16:00–17:30 UTC

Track 8/3: Thursday, May 23, 16:00–17:30 UTC (Workshop, case studies)

Track 8/4: Monday, June 03, 16:00–17:30 UTC (Discussion case study submissions)

Deadline to submit case study for grading: Tuesday June 04, 16:00 UTC

Note: No worries if you can’t make it to all live sessions. As we have students from 21 time zones, we'll record all sessions and make them available in this playlist to watch later.

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<aside> 👥 Hosted By: Token Engineering Academy

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<aside> 💡 Is this program free? Yes! All of our Study Season Live Tracks are free, with no fees!

Do I need to register? Yes, you must register for the Study Season to attend. Please register here if you haven’t already done so. After that, no further registration for the Live Tracks is needed; just join the Sessions via this Zoom link. Additionally, make sure to add the sessions to your calendar. It's the best way to stay up-to-date if there are any changes and receive reminders.

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Vasily Sumanov, PhD

Head of Research of PowerPool

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Earn your proof-of-knowledge NFT

Yes! You can earn your personal proof-of-knowledge NFT for participating in this Live Track.

Here’s how it works: 🧩 Please read the Case Study Instructions below carefully and work on your case study🧩 Deadline: Tuesday, June 04 - 16:00 UTC 🧩 You can submit in teams of max. 2

🧩 (Submissions are closed)

🧩 You’ll receive information if you submission has passed by Friday, June 07 - 16:00 UTC 🧩 If passed, you’ll receive an NFT - please make sure to connect a wallet to your TE Academy profile - learn more here. 🧩 Just a friendly reminder not to miss out on the final session happening on June 3rd. It's your chance to get feedback on your Final Submission and secure your NFT, and it's just one day before submissions are due.

Case Study Instructions:

➡️ **Structure your case study/thesis using this template ➡️ Pick a case, you have three options: a) Analyse an existing token, pick a token of your choice (e.g. EIGEN, Eigenlayer) b) Propose the design of a new token and value capture structure c) Provide an overview of a certain value capture mechanism in its practical application (like Work Token Wt[2][7][8] Value-Capturing Mechanism in dePIN networks) ➡️ Learn more about these options in this video

➡️ ****Submit a Google doc, or PDF, MD file or any other text document and share the link to this document in the submission form

Session Resources and Recordings

👩‍💻 We update this section with new links & recordings week by week!

Track 8/4: TE Value Capturing Fundamentals - The practical analysis of tokens and value-capturing mechanisms. Observing the EIGEN token and students final thesis as examples. (June 03, 2024).
Track 8/3: TE Value Capturing Fundamentals - Recap of Value Capturing Mechanisms + The Final Submission Template (May 23, 2024).
Track 8/2: Homework
Track 8/2: TE Value Capturing Fundamentals - Value Capturing Mechanisms, The Periodic Table, and Practical Application for Token Analysis & Design (May 21, 2024)
Track 8/1: Homework
Track 8/1: TE Value Capturing Fundamentals - Introduction to demand-side token engineering (May 14, 2024)
Track 8: Token Classification Paper