we need less tokens that people can just buy and we need more tokens that people have to work for/earn

in some sense, mining was a form of earning, but we need to evolve further and bring that into a more accessible vehicle for the masses; but also one that’s less passive.

lore @optimism | ex: @coinbase | views are my own | what if it all worked out? 

But if we can't buy it, how can we value it? Maybe a token that we could buy but only for a short, predefined period. 

This would grant access to participation to earn it through work. It would be a win-win situation: those who work can recover value, and those who buy can create value through their work. 

For example, I work for a month and earn X tokens; instead of dropping them, I think twice because if I sell, I lose some of my advantages, so I sell sparingly. 

Via a contract that smooths sales over a spread-out period, by epochs perhaps? From X to X tokens (total value = Y) epoch 1, epoch 2 with a total value lower than epoch 1, etc. 

So that the larger bags are sold later and only represent a value equal to the previous epoch, hence controlled sales. 

There is certainly something to think about; I agree. Now we just need to figure out what and how 😅.