Economic Control of Alternative Currencies - Interactive Simulator

Projective Objectives

• To develop an economic simulator capable of simulating characteristics of hypothetical alternative ocurrencies (e.g. cryptocurrencies), their users, environment, exchanges, etc.
• To be freely available to use online.
• Supporting design, development, control, and also regulation of alternative currencies.
• With the goal of making them genuinely useful and competitive as currencies and electronic payment systems, in the long term too.

This Documentation

• This is user documentation for a system that so far has not been created. Its rich detail captures a detailed design for the system.

Contents:

• 1   Overview
  • 1.1   Context
  • 1.2   Purpose
  • 1.3   Approach
  • 1.4   Validation
  • 1.5   Overview Of This Documentation
  • 1.6   Further Reading
• 2   Simulation Workflow
  • 2.1   Simulations And Trials
  • 2.2   Presets
  • 2.3   Examining Results
• 3   Reasons For Using Alternative Currencies
  • 3.1   Non-Financial Reasons
  • 3.2   Financial Reasons
  • 3.3   Further Reading
• 4   Understanding Buzz
  • 4.1   Real World Buzz
  • 4.2   The Buzz Scheme
  • 4.3   Further Reading
• 5   Working With Decision Factors
  • 5.1   Decision Factors
  • 5.2   Linking Factors To Multipliers
  • 5.3   Calibration Values Required
  • 5.4   Further Reading
• 6   Control Mechanisms
  • 6.1   Controlling Currency Stocks
  • 6.2   Generating Buzz
  • 6.3   Regulating Transactions
  • 6.4   Further Reading
• 7   Parameters — Timing
• 8   Parameters — Environment
  • 8.1   Goods
  • 8.2   Fiat Currency
  • 8.3   Buzz Generation
  • 8.4   Buzz Accumulation
  • 8.5   Newsworthy Events
• 9   Parameters — Currency
  • 9.1   Basic Information
  • 9.2   System Support
  • 9.3   Minting Methods
  • 9.4   Launch Users And Holdings
  • 9.5   Initial Holdings Of The Controller
• 10   Parameters — Users
  • 10.1   The Pool Of Potential Users
  • 10.2   Individual Potential Users
  • 10.3   Active Users
  • 10.4   Opting Out Users
  • 10.5   Further Reading
• 11   Parameters — Exchanges
  • 11.1   Exchange Agents
  • 11.2   Settings Common To Exchanges
  • 11.3   Settings For Exchange 1
  • 11.4   Settings For Exchange 2
  • 11.5   Settings For Exchange 3
• 12   Parameters — Controls
  • 12.1   Managing Stocks Of Currency
  • 12.2   Generating Buzz
  • 12.3   Other Control Settings
• 13   Examining Results
• 14   Decision Factor List
  • 14.1   Buzz
  • 14.2   User Base
  • 14.3   Personal Propensities
  • 14.4   Holdings
  • 14.5   Economics
  • 14.6   Exchange Activity
  • 14.7   Alternative Currency Valuation History
• 15   Agent Decision Reference
  • 15.1   Overview
  • 15.2   List Of Decisions
  • 15.3   Environment
  • 15.4   Alternative Currency
  • 15.5   Token Holding Users
  • 15.6   The Pool Of Potential Users
  • 15.7   Individual Potential Users
  • 15.8   Active Users
  • 15.9   Opting Out Users
  • 15.10   Exchanges
• 16   Technical Notes
  • 16.1   Minting Alternative Currency
  • 16.2   Buzz Calculations
  • 16.3   Currency Valuation History
  • 16.4   Distributions Of Wealth
  • 16.5   Calibration Functions
  • 16.6   Random Delays
  • 16.7   Economic Predictions
  • 16.8   Transaction Fees
  • 16.9   Customer Purchasing Decisions
  • 16.10   Currency Holdings Management
  • 16.11   Adjusting Alternative Currency Holdings