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About this episode
Nik Pletikos knows a thing or two about performance. The pro athlete (for real!) turned tokenomics stategist has honed his expertise from the Wild West of the ICO craze to the only slightly calmer pastures of today's era of stablecoins and institutional adoption. Building up-to-the-moment token models, it turns out, often means coming back to basics, and challenging frameworks that some take for granted (or at least overrate). For example, it's not always about total supply, Nik told us fireside in Denver – distribution is more nuanced than that, especially if you're doing it right.
Timestamps
00:00 – Sneak peek
00:16 – Nik's crypto journey: ICO era to Fuel & beyond
02:59 – Tokenomic framework: Does total supply matter?
04:56 – Distribution: Team, investors, community — how to think about it
07:10 – Airdrops & public sales: Pros, risks & why 5% is the magic number
14:44 – Vesting schedules: Cliffs, linear unlocks & float management
21:24 – Rapid fire: Bull or bear? Hardest part of the job? Main or side events?
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