Impact

Much like Newtonian physics, the market economy works phenomenally well within certain parameters. But once you're outside those parameters the system starts to fail.

For the market this “classical boundary" is scarcity – without which the laws of supply & demand don't work.

The problem is that the more we move into the digital realm – and then add exponential tech on top of that – the more failures we’ll see in our institutions and markets.

This is not a process that can be reversed. We’re not going to stop technological progress.

Just like w physics – where we needed a new paradigm to explain what Newton could not – we’ll need a new economic paradigm for abundant resources, to augment our current scarcity-based economic model.

This, incidentally, was the subject of a book I authored earlier this year called The Abundance Economy (available for free at book.abundance.id)

Socially Conscious Shopping Platform That Shares All Profit For Public Good and is 100% Owned & Governed by its Customers on Ξth https://myps.link/docs-portal

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Abundance Economy book: book.abundance.id

Hi Mike!

I just finished reading The Abundance Economy, and wow—it’s right on the money! This is exactly what we’ve been working on at @productshare, but from a more practical standpoint. Your elegant abstraction of abundance principles aligns perfectly with our mission. In fact, you could say we’re basically implementing the model you’ve described.

I'd love for you to check out our original litepaper, where we explore similar ideas in the context of creating an equitable, community-governed e-commerce platform. I think you’ll see some exciting parallels!

https://myps.link/litepaper

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Here’s a bit more detail about how ProductShare operates.

ShareCash is at the heart of our system. It’s a stable digital asset minted only when we accept fiat payments, meaning that the ShareCash supply always equals the balance of our Reserve bank account. This ensures a 1:1 backing with USD reserves, providing transparency and stability. When users want to convert their ShareCash back into fiat, the DAO facilitates an off-ramp, burning ShareCash and executing a fiat ACH transfer to the user’s bank.

Cashback Model
Our cashback mechanism is two-fold and incentivizes social sharing:

Instant Cashback: After a purchase, customers can share the product. Both the customer and vendor split 1% of the transaction value in PSS (our governance token), which is automatically purchased from DEX liquidity.
Conditional Cashback: If someone from the customer’s network clicks their share link and purchases the same product, the original buyer receives a one-time cashback of 50%-100% of their transaction value.

Stakeholder Groups & Profit Distribution
ProductShare aligns incentives by distributing profits to three stakeholder groups via PSS:

Customers
Vendors
Community Contributors
The distribution of PSS is proportional, ensuring that all groups are rewarded fairly for their contribution. This helps align everyone’s interests in the long-term growth and sustainability of the platform.

Tokenomics & Public Goods
Our PSS governance token not only serves for profit sharing but also empowers the community to vote on Public Good initiatives. Approved initiatives receive a 1.1M PSS grant, which, although vested, provides a renewable income source through dividends. This allows Public Good projects to create sustainable, long-term funding without constantly seeking new capital.

ProductStaking
We’re also developing ProductStaking, an extension of the ProductShare protocol. It allows users to stake ShareCash into specific products and earn a portion of the profits, proportional to the marketing budget allocated to that product. This system further supports the discovery of successful, sustainable products while offering users the potential for higher yields compared to traditional DeFi staking of stablecoins.

You can dive deeper into ProductStaking in our whitepaper draft here: https://myps.link/productstake.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

Here is an article that covers how this all fits with DeFi and conscious capitalism theories:

Here is an article that covers how this all fits with DeFi and conscious capitalism theories: https://myps.link/article-2024-09-07

Hey @productshare could you share more on the mechanism behind this e-commerce platform?