The Tokenomics Design Canvas and any resources linked to herein are provided for educational purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, technical, or investment advice. Always consult your own legal representation before launching any token.

<aside> 💡 The Tokenomics Design Canvas accompanies the complete Tokenomics for Builders guide.

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Instructions

For each worksheet, complete each column from the perspective of a given Role in your ecosystem. For example, Liquidity Providers and Traders are roles in AMM's ecosystems. It's advised to complete all columns for one row at a time.
Roles in your ecosystem should not change from worksheet to worksheet, use the same roles each step. If you realize you need to go back and add a new Role, do so.
Designing complex systems is an iterative process. After completing each worksheet, review that one and all previous worksheets to ensure your design is still consistent.

This YouTube playlist produced in partnership with the Stacks Foundation walks through step-by-step instructions to complete each portion of the canvas:

Companion YouTube playlist for step-by-step walkthrough of Part Two

1. Objectives & Requirements

(1A) Role	(1B) What Problem do Users in this Role Have?	(1C) How do Users Solve it Without Your Product?	(1D) How Does Your Product Help Users?	(1E) How do Users Benefit from Network Effects?	(1F) How does the Token the Increase these Benefits?	(1G) Why do Users Want to Hold the Token?

2. Value Accrual

(2A) Role	(2B) What Value Does Your Product Create for Them?	(2C) How Does Your Product Capture Value from Them?	(2D) What are the Frictions or Costs to Capturing this Value from Them?	(2E) What Makes the Value Capture Defensible?	(2F) How does this Captured Value Accrue to the Token?

3. Lifecycle Patterns

| (3A) How is the Token Created?

List all sources of token issuance

Ex. mining, farming, staking, airdrops, etc
(3B) Is the Token Transferrable?

Not all tokens should be tradeable or transferable Ex. reputation or social status tokens | | | (3C) How is the Token Used?

List all ways the token is used Ex. pay for access, discount, collateral, etc | | | (3D) How is the Token Destroyed?

List all ways in which the token is burned or destroyed Ex. burn to mint, burn as payment, expires, etc |

4. Incentive Mechanisms

To complete this worksheet, fill out the Incentive Mechanisms Framework below:

Complete columns A-G for each row first
Next complete column H by checking if each row’s Incentive Mechanisms and Disincentive Mechanisms conflict with any other rows' mechanisms (columns F & G), or desired and undesired behaviors (columns B & D)