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Teardown Of Web3 Tokenonomics

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“A basic premise of Web3 is that every product is simultaneously an investment opportunity” – Matt Levine The previous post entitled How Tokenonmics Has Revolutionized Web3 Software was about the revolutionary impact of tokenomics on Web3 software. In this post, we will do a deep dive into the following characteristics of Tokenomics. The genuine Tokenomics … Read more

How Crypto Tokenonomics Is Revolutionizing Web3

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In the traditional Onprem software paradigm, a Customer pays the full License Fee of the software upfront and gets the rights to use the software in perpetuity. If he wants maintenance and updates, he additionally pays AMC every year, which is typically 18-22% of the LF. Upgrades are charged separately, as and when they’re released. … Read more

Colgate Total PayTM Cashback – Most Rewarding CEM Ever?

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Colgate-Palmolive is currently running a Customer Engagement Management program for its premium toothpaste brand TOTAL. Like all CEM programs, this one also mandates product purchase. The price of the product is INR 102 (US$ 1.25) and the reward for purchase is a cashback of INR 50 (US$ 0.67) credited directly to the consumer’s PayTM eWallet. … Read more

Is Scalability A Bogey Created By Hardware Industry?

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A friend recently asked me the following question via Twitter: @s_ketharaman Thoughts? I am not so sure since infra is still not scaling. https://t.co/vDi1zHZynB — Gopinath Pandalai (@gopibella) April 28, 2020 I read the linked HBR article on Blockchain technologies and replied as follows: Many mobile payments use cases I never thought could go digital … Read more

Season’s Greetings

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Season’s Greetings & Best Wishes for a Happy New Year! Welcome back to GTM360 Blog. Our Top 10 blog posts in 2019 were: #10. Are Digital Natives Losing Their Data Chops? #9. Blockchain – Calling BS On Decentralization & Resilience #8. Demystifying The Ubiquitous Sample Size Of 2000 #7. Regulated Blockchain – Oxymoron But Killer App #6. Mastering PUSH Notifications … Read more

Credit Card Versus Debit Card / UPI / A2A

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Credit Card and Debit Card are both “cards”. Both are digital payment methods. Both are issued by banks. Both of them work on card rails owned by Visa, MasterCard, China Union Pay, RuPay and other card networks. Because of these similarities, many people tend to believe that there’s no difference between credit and debit cards. … Read more

PR – Not Free But Delivers More Bang For Less Buck

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After reading this half page article on Dunzo in ET PRIME, a customer, Anshuman Shrivastava, Director Toptier Energy Services and ex-Banker, commented that PR is free, unlike advertising. Not true. Even if it appears that way at first blush. You pay for both PR and Advertising, just to different people. In Advertising, you pay an ad agency … Read more

How Do You Sue Software?

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Like many countries, India has a withholding tax regime. Called “Tax Deducted At Source”, the withholding tax is applicable on salaries paid to employees, commissions paid to agents, rents paid to landlords, professional fees paid to service providers, and many other types of B2B and B2C payments. In this blog post, I’ll dive deeply into … Read more