Filecoin Token Design, with ZX Zhang

By Outlier Ventures

In this video, Matus Steis of Outlier Ventures hosts ZX Zhang of Filecoin. They discuss how the Filecoin token works, the different stakeholder groups in its ecosystem and how various mechanisms are used to allow these stakeholder groups to exchange value, so that the whole protocol benefits.

The conversation was live-streamed on March 18, 2021.

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