In this blog post, I discuss an empirical analysis of gas fees and consumption pre-FVM (Filecoin Virtual Machine) for the Filecoin network. The goal was to investigate the statistical properties of gas consumption in the Filecoin network and extract insights about how best to model it.

In decentralized projects, it is common to question given protocol change may impact the underlying economic systems that support it. This is where scenario-based models can be incredibly valuable. By creating models based on hypothetical scenarios, we can gain insight into how changes in key economic parameters and user behaviors might impact metrics like its circulating supply. This blog post illustrates this point by presenting a scenario-based model built for the Filecoin economy

In this blog post, I discuss a mechanism design project we did for the Saturn Network, a project started by Protocol Labs to bring fast and reliable access to content stored on Filecoin and IPFS. In particular, I explain how we defined the incentives for the network and how we built the Treasury module of Saturn (which is responsible for allocating rewards to network participants).