VENDING
MACHINE
VENDING MACHINE
Novel Token Designs.
Novel Token Designs.
Strategic Launches.
Strategic Launches.
Optimized Growth.
Optimized Growth.
Vending Machine is a research-driven design firm that builds token and incentive systems for decentralised protocols.
Vending Machine is a research-driven design firm that builds token and incentive systems for decentralised protocols.
MARGINAL
We work with founders from day zero, to build their token system while they build their product
We work with founders from day zero, to build their token system while they build their product
We work as an embedded economic team to design a token system that matches the protocol objectives.
We start working with protocols often when there’s no more than initial rough ideas and goals, and take these through our design process to deliver a parameterised token system that is ready for implementation.
Our process involves deep contextual research for objectives gathering, fundamental thinking to generate token system concepts, systematic reasoning for concept selection, systems engineering for model building, and data analysis for simulations.
We work with founders from day zero, to build their token system while they build their product
We work with founders from day zero, to build their token system while they build their product
We work as an embedded economic team to design a token system that matches the protocol objectives.
We start working with protocols often when there’s no more than initial rough ideas and goals, and take these through our design process to deliver a parameterised token system that is ready for implementation.
Our process involves deep contextual research for objectives gathering, fundamental thinking to generate token system concepts, systematic reasoning for concept selection, systems engineering for model building, and data analysis for simulations.
DESIGN
We work with founders from day zero, to build their token system while they build their product
We work as an embedded economic team to design a token system that matches the protocol objectives.
We start working with protocols often when there’s no more than initial rough ideas and goals, and take these through our design process to deliver a parameterised token system that is ready for implementation.
Our process involves deep contextual research for objectives gathering, fundamental thinking to generate token system concepts, systematic reasoning for concept selection, systems engineering for model building, and data analysis for simulations.
We work with pre-token projects to maximise the launch of their token
We work with protocols as they approach the token genesis event to design a launch mechanism that meets their objectives.
We typically create launch strategies alongside creating the token design for early-stage protocols, leveraging our understanding to create a launch that effectively bootstraps the system. We deliver protocols a final launch design that is fully parameterised and ready for implementation.
Our process follows a fundamental approach to concept generation, avoiding trend-driven designs. We employ experimentation and out-of-the-box thinking that is required for exponential results.
LAUNCH
We work with pre-token projects to maximise the launch of their token
We work with protocols as they approach the token genesis event to design a launch mechanism that meets their objectives.
We typically create launch strategies alongside creating the token design for early-stage protocols, leveraging our understanding to create a launch that effectively bootstraps the system. We deliver protocols a final launch design that is fully parameterised and ready for implementation.
Our process follows a fundamental approach to concept generation, avoiding trend-driven designs. We employ experimentation and out-of-the-box thinking that is required for exponential results.
LAUNCH
We work with established ecosystems to build incentive programs
We work with ecosystems and DAOs as a specialised incentives unit that designs and manages incentive programs from the ground up. These ecosystems typically have complex stakeholder maps with various funnels for incentives to flow through, and we define the allocation strategy to achieve the objectives.
Our work includes designing the incentive program and building the infrastructure needed to monitor and optimize the program while it's live.
Our process involves stakeholder interviews and context research to define the objectives, fundamental thinking to generate incentive system concepts, joint iteration with the ecosystem to define the final incentive system, data engineering to build the required monitoring system, and live monitoring to optimise program efficacy.
We can work in public and interface directly with DAOs, or in private directly with foundations.
INCENTIVES
We work with established ecosystems to build incentive programs
We work with ecosystems and DAOs as a specialised incentives unit that designs and manages incentive programs from the ground up. These ecosystems typically have complex stakeholder maps with various funnels for incentives to flow through, and we define the allocation strategy to achieve the objectives.
Our work includes designing the incentive program and building the infrastructure needed to monitor and optimize the program while it's live.
Our process involves stakeholder interviews and context research to define the objectives, fundamental thinking to generate incentive system concepts, joint iteration with the ecosystem to define the final incentive system, data engineering to build the required monitoring system, and live monitoring to optimise program efficacy.
We can work in public and interface directly with DAOs, or in private directly with foundations.
INCENTIVES
MONITorING
We work with networks on a ongoing basis to optimize systems and manage risk
We work as a dedicated economic partner within ecosystems to manage and optimise their token economy. These are typically DeFi protocols or validator networks that require consistent monitoring, optimisations or risk management.
We build monitoring infrastructure to track the performance of the network, as well as a simulation environment to test parameter optimisations prior to Mainnet implementation.
Our process involves building the appropriate data infrastructure and simulation environment, then ongoing data analysis to propose parameter changes that optimise the network’s objective.
MONITorING
We work with networks on a ongoing basis to optimize systems and manage risk
We work as a dedicated economic partner within ecosystems to manage and optimise their token economy. These are typically DeFi protocols or validator networks that require consistent monitoring, optimisations or risk management.
We build monitoring infrastructure to track the performance of the network, as well as a simulation environment to test parameter optimisations prior to Mainnet implementation.
Our process involves building the appropriate data infrastructure and simulation environment, then ongoing data analysis to propose parameter changes that optimise the network’s objective.
About Us
+ We are builders first with economic, data and engineering roots.
+ We create token systems for protocols from their earliest stages, to incentive systems for fully decentralised networks.
+ We create mechanisms in the aim to advance decentralised coordination between stakeholders and networks.
+ Research and experimentation is at the core of everything we do. We believe these are the ingredients for creating novel mechanisms that achieve exponential outcomes.
If you’re wanting to implement a novel token mechanism, come work with us.
Trusted by
Deeply appreciate the support Vending Machine provided to Fuel across our launch and token design. They have a unique blend of strong market context and deep technical capabilities, that makes them a valuable asset for any team working through token and launch design.
Fuel
Nick, CEO
Vending Machine has been an asset to our team preparing an impactful analysis of some critical data for us. They take the time to really learn about your project and are very thoughtful about their conclusions and making data driven recommendations based on the evidence.
Aerodrome
Dan, Strategy
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