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by satvikpendem 11 days ago
Tokenomics is already a word used to describe cryptocurrency economics, not sure why they'd try to redefine it for AI even if a different sort of token is used.
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Tokenomics had been already used by marijuana enthusiasts for a long time.
New fad. Forget about the old fad. This one will be old soon, you better get on board before its too late!
cryptocurrency economics = cryptonomics

You're welcome! =)

Neal Stephenson wrote a book about it.
The cryptonomics con
Crypto was already a term before cryptocurrencies made it about them. Web 3.0 was already a thing before crypto bros made web 3 about cryptocurrencies.

So what? Terms are reused in different contexts all the time. And most people have moved on from cryptocurrencies anyway, so there’s little chance it’ll confuse anyone.