game-theory

name	game-theory
description	Advanced game theory analysis for crypto protocols, DeFi mechanisms, governance systems, and strategic decision-making. Use when analyzing tokenomics, evaluating protocol incentives, predicting adversarial behavior, designing mechanisms, or understanding strategic interactions in web3.
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Game Theory for Crypto

Strategic analysis framework for understanding and designing incentive systems in web3.

"Every protocol is a game. Every token is an incentive. Every user is a player. Understand the rules, or become the played."

When to Use This Skill

• Analyzing tokenomics for exploits or misaligned incentives
• Evaluating governance proposals and voting mechanisms
• Understanding MEV and adversarial transaction ordering
• Designing auction mechanisms (NFT drops, token sales, liquidations)
• Predicting how rational actors will behave in a system
• Identifying attack vectors in DeFi protocols
• Modeling liquidity provision strategies
• Assessing protocol sustainability

Core Framework

The Five Questions

For any protocol or mechanism, ask:

1. Who are the players? (Users, LPs, validators, searchers, governance token holders)
2. What are their strategies? (Actions available to each player)
3. What are the payoffs? (How does each outcome affect each player?)
4. What information do they have? (Complete, incomplete, asymmetric?)
5. (Where do rational actors end up?)