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I think the potential of "community tokens" is still largely untapped, but we've been thinking about them all wrong.

A community token is made valuable by the number of *individual people* who have found away to align their own work with token upside.  Each person might do this in a different way.

In aggregate, this means that community tokens represent a bet on the network of "aligned members."

Right now, we think "alignment" just means holding. It doesn't. 

A community token is only valuable if each member of the community views it as their personal token.

I've been thinking about Jihad's cast for the past few hours and agree the potential of community tokens remains largely untapped.

From my experience building communities in and out of crypto, successful tokens support a spectrum of engagement that functions like concentric circles:

- Outermost → Traders creating price action and liquidity
- Middle layer → Holders providing stability and long-term trust
- Inner layer → Evangelists amplifying the message and narrative
- Core → Contributors building products that compound network value

The most powerful communities transform these circles into a permeable ecosystem where members can move inward over time.

Building /presto || Helping creators grow

largely agree. any specific examples that youre drawing this typology from?