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I would like to express my gratitude to all the people who have supported me over the years, starting with the very first edition of Token Economy published back in 2019.
For this specific volume, I would like to thank Caroline Helbing, Tom Fuerstner, Jakob Hackel, Quentin Botha, Michael Zargham, Trent McConaghy, Kelsie Nabben, Jeff Emmet, Esen Esener, Agustina Perez Comenale, Walid Al Saqqaf, Tony Vernall, Peter Kaas, and Valentin Kalinov for all their input and feedback. Caroline, Valentin, Tom, and Peter merit special thanks for their ongoing contributions since the very first edition, and in some cases also previous activities that influenced this book.
I would also like to mention some other people who have supported me along this journey: Justyna Zubrycka, Caroline Helbing, Alfred Taudes, Kris Paruch, Susanne Guth, Guido Schäfer, Sofie Schock, Katja Nettesheim, Nina Siedler, Robert Krimmer, Markus Sabadello, and all the advisors and collaborators of BlockchainHub, including my dear friends from Lunar Ventures. My gratitude extends to all those who supported the creation of the Cryptoeconomics Research Lab at the Vienna University of Economics and who believed in the necessity of dedicated interdisciplinary research on this topic.
The open-minded atmosphere and welcoming spirit of the Ethereum Office in Berlin provided an invaluable co-working environment during the establishment of BlockchainHub back in 2015, nurturing concepts and ideas that have significantly influenced this book. I also appreciate the open-mindedness of all the people involved in the post–TheDAO hack activities, who worked tirelessly to find a solution for recovering depleted funds. This experience taught me a great deal about open-source software development and bug fixing and crisis management in decentralized networks.
Last but not least, I would like to thank all the volunteer contributors who, throughout 2021, collectively translated the second edition of this book into various languages, all of which are available for free on Github
Shermin Voshmgir
March 2025