Financial Resilience and Sustainability. Crypto tokens imply optionality and the ability to better manage risk. The thesis of this talk is that smart contracts are options, and as such, can be used to control risk (unwanted future uncertainty) in a wider range of areas than has been possible previously, in finance, and in other areas too such as medicine. Options as a financial market instrument have long been used to control the amount and timing of risk in specific ways and tailor exposure with granularity. Smart contracts are an even more flexible species of options because they are programmable contracts that can be used to confer the right to buy or sell any blockchain-based asset or liability at a future moment in time (blocktime or “fiat” (regular) time) per certain terms and consideration. Therefore, smart contracts allow a greater variety in the degree and type of risks that might be brought under management. The impact of having greater control over risk is that intangible social goods are produced such as surety, confidence, and reliability, which help to engender a more trustful society.
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Blockchain Economics: Tackle Debt and Systemic Risk
1. Inaugural Blockchain Symposium
Blacksburg VA, April 20, 2018
Slides: http://slideshare.net/LaBlogga
Blockchain Economics
Industry and Institutional Disruption
Melanie Swan
Philosophy, Purdue University
melanie@BlockchainStudies.org
2. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain 1
Melanie Swan, Technology Theorist
Philosophy and Economic Theory, Purdue
University, Indiana, USA
Founder, Institute for Blockchain Studies
Singularity University Instructor; Institute for Ethics and
Emerging Technology Affiliate Scholar; EDGE
Essayist; FQXi Advisor
Traditional Markets Background
Economics and Financial
Theory Leadership
New Economies research group
Source: http://www.melanieswan.com, http://blockchainstudies.org/NSNE.pdf, http://blockchainstudies.org/Metaphilosophy_CFP.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewEconomies
3. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Blockchain Economics
Economics
Study of resource discovery and propagation to
fulfill needs (supply and demand)
Wants are always bigger than available
resources (cost of decision-making, opportunity
cost, scarcity (material or intangible))
Eras of Economic Study
1. Classical Economics (material goods)
2. Network Economics (digital goods)
3. Blockchain Economics (cryptographic assets,
smart contracts, and DApps/DACs)
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DApp: decentralized application; DAC: decentralized autonomous corporation
4. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Blockchain Economics
New economic model’s distinguishing aspects
1. Open network business model
Two-way network effects (Metcalfe’s Law (n2))
MV=PQ money supply valuation
Vs. proprietary platform (GOOG, FB, NFLX, IG)
2. Token system for asset and monetary transfer:
users expect to participate in the community
economy
Earn, vote, trade, access resources
3. Initial Coin Offerings as a novel and official
financing method
Pre-sell token access to the network
4. Large-scale global participative communities
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Source: Swan, M. Forthcoming. Blockchain Economic Networks. Palgrave Macmillan.
8. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Challenges and Potential Solutions
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Source: Swan, M. Forthcoming. Blockchain Economic Networks. Palgrave Macmillan.
Debt
Systemic Risk
Entitlements
Overhang
Healthcare
(Cost-Outcome)
Net Settlement
a) Payment Channels
b) Payments/Securities as a Service
Programmable Risk
a) Black Swan Smart Contracts
b) Real-time Balance Sheets
c) Apply Deep Learning (RNN) to HFT
Automation Economy
a) Future of Work/Technological Unemployment
b) Human-Machine Collaboration
Blockchain Health Economics
a) Global Healthcare Equivalency Units
b) Digital ID, consent, interoperable data
10. 20 Apr 2018
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net settlement.
payment channels.
digital credit systems.
Source: http://timreview.ca/article/1109
rethink debt.
11. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Payment Channels: the concept
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Ability to “have an account” relationship with any party
3-step financial contract executed over time
1. Party A opens a payment channel with Party B and posts a
pre-paid escrow balance
2. Party A consumes against the escrow credit over the given
time period (activity is tracked)
3. At the end of the period, cumulative activity is booked in one
net transaction to close the contract
Source: https://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/blockchain-economics-payment-channels
12. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Payment Channel motivation and projects
Motivation
Micropayments for video bandwidth
consumption where piecemeal
transactions do not make sense
Blockchain scalability (offload tx)
Send payments across p2p network
Projects
Bitcoin: Lightning Network
Time/signature lock parameters:
CheckLockTimeVerify,
CheckSequenceVerify
Current ~$350 max (4% Btc) for
Lightning Payment channels
Ethereum: Raiden, Plasma
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Source: https://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/blockchain-economics-payment-channels
13. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
1. Unilateral Payment Channel
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Source: Extended from https://www.investinblockchain.com/lightning-network-bitcoin-scaling
Opening Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Interim Transactions: Signed
between Wallets (both parties
agree and are obligated; not
Broadcast to Network)
USD $50
Alice opens $50 “Monthly Payment
Channel” with Starbucks
Closing Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Alice consumes coffee and
Starbucks adjusts the refund
balance from the initial deposit
USD $5
4/1/18
4/30/18
1
2
Close “Monthly Payment Channel”:
Starbucks broadcasts last refund
amount to network
Starbucks
Coffee
USD $50
USD $45
Starbucks acknowledges with
unbroadcast refund of $50
4/2/18
USD $5
3
4/3/18
USD $5
4
4/4/18
USD $40
USD $35
USD $35
30
14. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
1. Unilateral Payment Channels
Starbucks Example
1. Customer opens $50 monthly payment
channel with Starbucks
2. Daily coffee consumed is tracked and
booked against the $50 credit
3. Activity is netted at the end of the month.
Contracts close and roll over at regular
intervals. Either party may close the
channel early, trigger net settlement
SBUX: payment channel prototype
Loyalty program (cards & apps): 41%
purchases, $1.2 bn obligations
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SBUX Balance Sheet
Assets
Cash $1.2bn
Liabilities
Stored Value
Cards $1.2bn
Source: https://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/blockchain-economics-payment-channels
15. 20 Apr 2018
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2. Bilateral Payment Channel
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Source: Extended from https://www.investinblockchain.com/lightning-network-bitcoin-scaling
SBUX Balance Sheet
Assets
Cash $1.2bn
Liabilities
Stored Value
Cards $1.2bn
Opening Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Interim Transactions:
Signed between Wallets
(not Broadcast to Network)
1 BTC
Open “Monthly Expense”
payment channel: create a new
address, each fund with 1 BTC
Closing Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
1 BTC
Each pays for expenses
from the shared address
during the month
1.2 BTC 0.8 BTC
4/1/18
4/30/18
1
2
3
Close “Monthly Expense” payment
channel: net settle the balance
returned to each
Roommate
Expense Sharing
16. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
3. Community Payment Channel
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Source: https://solarpowerrocks.com/solar-basics/how-much-electricity-does-a-solar-panel-produce
Opening Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Interim Transactions: Daily
production and consumption
measured as signed
transactions between Wallets
A, B, C, D ante up monthly dues to
the address to open this month’s
“Community Payment Channel”
Closing Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Energy Produced
4/1/18
4/30/18
2
Close this month’s “Community
Payment Channel” with net
amount returned to A, B, C, D
0.8 kWh
CSC: Community Solar Coin
Token: ante-up expenses, vote,
governance re: how price per kWh,
smart contract lookups to pricing
oracle; additional capital calls
during the month if necessary
4/2/18
4/3/183 Etc.
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Local Solar
Energy Production
1 CSC 1 CSCA B
C D
1 CSC 1 CSC
Energy Consumed
1.2 kWhA A
Energy Produced
1.1 kWh
Energy Consumed
0.6 kWhB B
Energy Produced
1.3 kWh
Energy Consumed
0.7 kWhC C
Energy Produced
1.0 kWh
Energy Consumed
1.1 kWhD D
1
A
B
C D
1 CSC 0.8 CSC
1.2 CSC1.1 CSC
17. 20 Apr 2018
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Transactive Grid, President St, Brooklyn NY
Decentralized DIY energy markets
Blockchain-based microgrid
Community:
Five net-producing homes generating
energy through solar power
Five net-consuming homes interested
in buying excess energy from
neighbors
Benefits: no billing components, no
infrastructure losses, no
accounting losses in the system
Ability for producers to sell or
donate excess
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Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2079334-blockchain-based-microgrid-gives-power-to-consumers-in-new-york
18. 20 Apr 2018
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4. Multi-resource Community
Payment Channel
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Source: https://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/the-crypto-enlightenment-social-theory-of-blockchains
Opening Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Interim Transactions: Daily
production and consumption
measured as signed
transactions between Wallets
A, B, C ante up monthly dues to the
address to open this month’s
“Community Payment Channel”
Closing Transaction:
Broadcast to Network
Energy Produced
4/1/18
4/30/18
2
Close this month’s “Community
Payment Channel” with net
amount returned to A, B, C
0.8 kWh
CSC: Community Coin
Token: ante-up expenses, voting,
governance, decision-making re:
resource pricing; additional capital
calls; dispute resolution mechanism
4/2/18
4/3/183 Etc.
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Sustainable
Community
1 CSC 1 CSCA B
C
1 CSC
Energy Consumed
1.2 kWhA
Greens Produced
3 units
Greens Consumed
1 unit
B
Bandwidth
Produced
10 units
Bandwidth
Consumed
3 units
1
A B
C
1 CSC
0.8 CSC
1.1 CSC
B
C
1.2 kWh
A
C
C A
B
2 units
1 unit
19. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Uber for Microgreens
Who’s harvesting today?
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Source: https://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/the-crypto-enlightenment-social-theory-of-blockchains;
Swan, M. 2017. Technological Unemployment, In Surviving the Machine Age. Springer.
LocalGreens
Kale – SuperGreens
Citizen’s sense of duty to
serve the republic
Civic Duty
Civic Collaboration
Greek Statesman
Self-directed Cryptocitizen
Optional peer infrastructure
provision: Cryptocitizen’s
sense of meaning and
purpose in participating in
community sustainability
Identity Crisis: who are we in the Automation Economy,
Technological Unemployment, and the Future of Work?
20. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
5. Small Group Payment Channel
Local bar: Lynn, Chris, Bartender
Lynn has $10 tab with bartender, has consumed $6
Chris has $10 tab with bartender, has consumed $5
Lynn and Chris play pool, Chris owes Lynn $5
Current method (gross settlement): each party settles with
each other (3 tx, $16 gross flow)
New method (net settlement): (2 tx, $11 gross flow)
Already see implication if less money transfers, more is available
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Source: Andreas Antonopoulos
Bartender
A/R
Lynn $6
Chris $5
Lynn
A/R
Chris $5 Bar $6
A/P
$1
Chris
Bar $5
A/P
$10
Lynn $5
$11
Current
Method
Tx1 $6-Lynn
Tx2 $5-Chris
Tx3 $5-Lynn
Payment
Channel
Tx1 $10 C-to-B
Tx2 $1 L-to-B
21. 20 Apr 2018
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6. MyMonthlyExpense Payment Channel
My monthly expenses example
De facto payment channel
Inflows into bank account:
Paycheck direct deposit
Outflows from bank account:
Auto-pay bills (fixed and variable)
Formalized into a multi-party payment
contract netting salary against
expenses, any remainder to Schwab
investment account
Implication: settling net basis frees capital
Consider business entities on a net basis
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Source: https://www.psmarketresearch.com/market-analysis/personal-robot-market
My monthly expenses
Salary (direct deposit)
DR CR
$xx
Expenses (auto-pay)
Rent (fixed amount)
Car payment (fixed)
Utilities (variable)
Discretionary (variable)
$xx
$xx
$xx
$xx
Net savings (variable) $xx
$xx
My apartment building
Expected inflows
DR CR
$xx
Expected outflows
Fixed
Variable
Net
$xx
$xx
$xx
My small business
Expected inflows
DR CR
$xx
Expected outflows
Fixed
Variable
Net
$xx
$xx
$xx
22. 20 Apr 2018
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7. MySupplyChain Payment Graph Economy
Blockchains: only sub-registers of the cash
account (Alice, Bob, HSBC, etc.), not a full
suite of general ledger accounts
Property registries use cash-acct ledger structure
Property registries where UTXOs are assets
Birth/death registry: one credit tx, one debit tx
Supply chain finance: for supply chain net
settling, need integrated account ledgers
Single set of books with multiple views: by supply
chain (new) + by entity (existing)
Revenue (WMT); COGS (Deere, Adidas)
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Source: https://www.psmarketresearch.com/market-analysis/personal-robot-market
My supply chain
Sales Inventory COGS Manufacturing Raw Materials
Cash
Alice
Bob
Carol
Ralph
HSBC
DR CR
$xx
$xx
$xx
$xx
$xx
Payments trajectory
Goods trajectory
Orthogonal trajectories,
different incentives, behavior
23. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
Payment Channel implications
New forms of Digital Credit Systems
Contractually-obligated payment relationships
Booked as periodic net activity
Net settlement
Digitized payment system for resource consumption that
settles based on net payments instead of gross transfers
Peer-provided banking services enabled
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24. 20 Apr 2018
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Securities as a Service
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Source: Blockchain Fintech: Programmable Risk and Securities as a Service,
http://futurememes.blogspot.com/2016/10/blockchain-fintech-programmable-risk.html
CD, DVD
Streaming Music and
Video Services
Entertainment as
a Service
Asset
Service
Auto, Home
Uber, Lyft, Gett, Juno,
Via; Airbnb, VRBO
HomeAway
Transportation,
Domicile as a Service
Securities
Securities as
a Service
Securities a Service
Now have to own because uncertain future value of assets
Access to the consumable benefits of the asset without owning
Works if trust consumable assets will have future availability
Need the cash flow the asset provides, not the asset itself
Consumable benefits of
securities: cash flow,
appreciation
Payments as
a Service
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Source: http://timreview.ca/article/1109
Blockchain business networks
Single shared business processes
Multiple private views
27. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
business networks.
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digitized assets.
instantaneous transactability.
shared business processes.
the world is your VPN
Source: http://timreview.ca/article/1109
35. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
power of the wallet.
34
old model.
peer networks.
banks.
new model.
1. Token Name
2. Ticker
3. Denominations
4. Total Money Supply
36. 20 Apr 2018
Blockchain
government as service
provider.
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old model.
eResidency.
Exclusivity: One default
economic and political
sovereign birth regime.
new model.
Source: http://blockchainstudies.org/Blockchain_Economics_CFP.pdf
Plurality: Plug and play
economic and political
services regimes.
37. 20 Apr 2018
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inclusion.
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banking & credit.
land registry.
identity.
electricity.
vaccines & medicine.
Source: https://www.unicef.org.au/blog/unicef-in-action/april-2017/photos-vaccines-reach-most-remote-places-earth
Digital health wallet
38. 20 Apr 2018
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Blockchain Economics
Challenges and Disruptive Solutions
37
Source: Swan, M. Forthcoming. Blockchain Economic Networks. Palgrave Macmillan.
Debt
Systemic Risk
Entitlements
Overhang
Healthcare
(Cost-Outcome)
Net Settlement
a) Payment Channels
b) Payments/Securities as a Service
Programmable Risk
a) Black Swan Smart Contracts
b) Real-time Balance Sheets
c) Apply Deep Learning (RNN) to HFT
Automation Economy
a) Future of Work/Technological Unemployment
b) Human-Machine Collaboration
Blockchain Health Economics
a) Global Healthcare Equivalency Units
b) Digital ID, consent, interoperable data
39. Inaugural Blockchain Symposium
Blacksburg VA, April 20, 2018
Slides: http://slideshare.net/LaBlogga
Blockchain Economics
Industry and Institutional Disruption
Melanie Swan
Philosophy, Purdue University
melanie@BlockchainStudies.org