REP is an investable token with a sound cryptoeconomic foundation. These positives are mitigated by a disengaged community and above-average risk profile due to the potential for regulatory scrutiny. Resulting in a token score of 37.5 out of 50.
1. Augur: The Future of Prediction
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If Regulators Don’t Kill It First
2. Token Score: 37.5 out of 50 Summary
REP is an investable token with a sound
cryptoeconomic foundation. These positives
are mitigated by a disengaged community
and above average risk profile due to
potential for regulatory scrutiny. Resulting in
a token score of 37.5 out of 50.
3. Overview
• Augur is a decentralized oracle and prediction market protocol built
on the Ethereum blockchain. Users create markets for forecasting
future events and place wagers on the outcomes.
• Users wagering on the correct outcome are paid out based on the
odds assigned to their prediction being correct.
• The REP token ensures these markets are created and settled fairly.
4. Cryptoeconomics Score: 5 out of 5
Defensible Tokenziation
Properly aligns incentives across stakeholders
Mechanism
Mechanism to generate value
Mechanism to generate network effects
5. Investability: 4 out of 5
½ Disciplined well structured capital allocation process
½ Proven natural demand (Adoption increasing over time)
Mechanism to capture value
Brand
Defensibility
6. Distribution: 3.5 out of 5
× Insider skin in the game (allocations subject to vestings and lock ups
reflecting preferred status obatining tokens)
½Optimized for long term usage of product
Equitable token sale (At least 80% pre-product / 50% if product is live)
Broad Distribution (Should not be accredited / institutional only)
Limited Supply
7. Team: 3.5 out of 5
Track record of historical achievements
Distinctive combination of skills
½ Unique qualifications for tackling problem
½ Experience building distributed computer systems
½ Transparent and consistent ethical behavior
8. Project: 4.5 out of 5
Project is live and has existing users
Well written high quality white paper
½ Demonstrated understanding of landscape of possible competitors,
substitutes
Unique Value Proposition
Open Source
9. Scalability: 3.5 out of 5
Project leads can hire and develop
½ Clearly defined roadmap to obtain share of market
Continually Improving Developer Experience
½ Sustainable burn rate
½ Geographically distributed usage
10. Securability: 4 out of 5
½ High volume of nodes
Widespread distribution of miners / stakers
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Systematic approach to dealing with bugs
Untiered Rewards
Easily Stored Securely
11. Decentralization: 4 out of 5
Widespread Developer Contributions
Roadmap for decentralized governance
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Lack of concentrated holders
Would function normally without creators
½ Global
12. Engagement: 2.5 out of 5
½ Developer adoption protocol
Active commenting reddit
Long lasting ongoing discussions in Slack, Telegram, Discord, etc…
×Positive Twitter sentiment
×Uptrend in Google Trends
13. Risk Management: 3 out of 5
Code Audit
½ Anti fragile - gets stronger when stressed
Low funding risk (fiat)
½ Attack Risk
×Regulatory Risk
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