This presentation delves into the critical role of incentive design in advancing decentralized AI and crypto protocols. Through case studies of ecosystems like Bittensor and Vana, we’ll explore how economic incentives drive participation, enhance network security, and foster ecosystem growth.

Key topics include the balance between generalized and specialized approaches in decentralized AI, the development of subnet tokens (such as Bittensor's dTAO), and how networks leverage incentives to create robust, community-driven data platforms. We’ll also compare economic security models across networks, illustrating how incentive structures shape the future of decentralized technologies.

Speaker Bio

Vlad Avesalon is Head of BD at Cosimo Capital, a Chicago-based crypto hedge fund investing in deAI projects