This great article by Kristov Atlas is well worth reading.
I just came across it today, several months after he wrote it, but it seems more relevant today than ever before.
Key Concepts
Crypto-economics is the study of the economic implications of engineering decisions in cryptographic consensus networks.
Crypto-economics currently does not get enough attention in Bitcoin.
Central planning of the protocol is the fastest way to alleviate problems, but introduces technical debt and makes the system less competitive.
https://twitter.com/kristovatlas/status ... 3483174912