Case Study Process and Documentation

Protocol Case studies will be objectively evaluated based on official project documentation and content that has been distributed from the actual project team. All documentation that is reviewed will be noted in each case study to ensure transparency of the review.

The areas of the protocol case studies will review the following themes and topics:

Utility - Explore all the various ways an end user can utilize tokens within the protocol.

Distribution/Emissions - Detailed examination of the supply-side tokenomics around the allocation of tokens to various stakeholders. It will also encompass the various methods by which tokens are designed to be put into circulation

Incentive Design - Review of the demand-side tokenomics and how mechanism design is used to solicit expected behaviors via incentives. A thorough review of all the mechanisms included in the protocol will be highlighted and detailed on how they are intended to work

Economic Security - Evaluating each mechanism to determine attack vectors that would allow potential exploits into the protocol

Findings & Recommendations - Upon review of the protocol documentation, implementation, and mechanism design, a report out of findings and recommendations will be made for protocol improvements.

Feedback on the listed above process can be managed through social media, the Cardano Token Engineering Lab website, or via an issue in the CTEL relevant GitHub repo.