Cryptoeconomics
= "a term that has come to describe the mechanics and specifics of token distribution, according to a given sale and ownership structure". [1]
Description
Shermin Voshmgir and Michael Zargham:
"Cryptoeconomics is an emerging field of economic coordination games in cryptographically secured peer-to-peer networks. The term cryptoeconomics was casually coined in the Ethereum developer community, and is generally attributed to Vitalik Buterin. The earliest recorded citation is from a talk by Vlad Zamfir [Zamfir 2015], which was later loosely formalized in blog posts and talks by Buterin [Buterin 2017a], [Buterin 2017b]. The term has gained traction in the broader developer community [Tomaino 2017a] and in the academic community [Catalini and Gans 2016], but it still remains under-defined, possibly because it is often used in so many different contexts. Using the same term in different contexts leads to communication breakdowns and challenges when trying to come up with a rigorous definition of that term."
(https://epub.wu.ac.at/7782/1/Foundations%20of%20Cryptoeconomic%20Systems.pdf)