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Token Economics Whitepaper Template — The Quantitative Model, Not the Marketing Narrative
A token economics whitepaper should present verifiable quantitative models, not vague promises.
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Document
Sections
6
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Document
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Ready to customize
TOKENOMICS DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
Section 1 — Protocol Overview (1–2 pages)
What does the protocol do? Who uses it? What value does it create? (Plain English, no buzzwords.)
Section 2 — Token Purpose and Classification (1 page)
Token function: Governance: [Specific on what holders vote on] Fee sharing: [What fees, what % to holders] Access/utility: [What the token unlocks]
Section 3 — Token Supply (quantitative)
| Category | Allocation | Cliff | Vesting | Notes | | Team | X% | 12 months | 48 months linear | | Seed investors | X% | 6 months | 36 months linear | | Public sale | X% | None | 0–24 months | If applicable |
Section 6 — Sink Mechanisms (required — non-negotiable)
For each sink: Mechanism: [How tokens are removed from circulation] Compulsory or optional: [Must the user burn tokens to participate, or is it discretionary?] Estimated monthly absorption: [At X active users, Y tokens burned per month]
Section 7 — Bear Market Stress Test (required)
Scenario: Token price falls 70% from launch price. Player/user count falls 40%. Results: Emission at 40% reduced activity: [X tokens/month] Sink absorption at 40% reduced activity: [Y tokens/month] Net monthly inflation: [Z%] Death spiral risk: [Yes/No — explain why]
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A token economics whitepaper should present verifiable quantitative models, not vague promises.
TOKENOMICS DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
Section 1 — Protocol Overview (1–2 pages)
What does the protocol do? Who uses it? What value does it create? (Plain English, no buzzwords.)
Section 2 — Token Purpose and Classification (1 page)
Token function: Governance: [Specific on what holders vote on] Fee sharing: [What fees, what % to holders] Access/utility: [What the token unlocks]
Section 3 — Token Supply (quantitative)
| Category | Allocation | Cliff | Vesting | Notes | | Team | X% | 12 months | 48 months linear | | Seed investors | X% | 6 months | 36 months linear | | Public sale | X% | None | 0–24 months | If applicable |
Section 6 — Sink Mechanisms (required — non-negotiable)
For each sink: Mechanism: [How tokens are removed from circulation] Compulsory or optional: [Must the user burn tokens to participate, or is it discretionary?] Estimated monthly absorption: [At X active users, Y tokens burned per month]
Section 7 — Bear Market Stress Test (required)
Scenario: Token price falls 70% from launch price. Player/user count falls 40%. Results: Emission at 40% reduced activity: [X tokens/month] Sink absorption at 40% reduced activity: [Y tokens/month] Net monthly inflation: [Z%] Death spiral risk: [Yes/No — explain why]