# kaal:claim:3227933-038

**Claim.** Issuing coins or tokens across all ecosystem participants creates a level playing field and helps establish a flatter, community-owned platform that is not based on the traditional hierarchies between shareholders, executives, managers and staff.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- well-designed token distribution across ecosystem participants

**Source quote.**

> As such, the issuance of coins or tokens creates a "level playing field." Crucially, this helps establish a flatter, "community-owned" platform, which isn't based on traditional hierarchies between the platform participants

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations* (2018), 8. Crypto Coins and Tokens, page 18

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

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**Topics.** tokenomics, ai-and-agents, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** token-design, level-playing-field, community-ownership, incentive-alignment

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