Looking back at blockchain’s history, most economic models have followed a simple pattern: users call functions, pay gas fees, receive results, and transactions end. Tokens primarily served as payment methods and governance tools.
However, the new paradigm of State Synchronization presents completely different economic challenges.
Blockchain’s First State Subscription
The Oracle State Machine currently under development by Oraclizer goes beyond mere technical innovation—it demands the blockchain industry’s first State Subscription economic model. This represents a subscription to continuous state relationships rather than one-time transactions, marking the first attempt at a recurring payment service model in blockchain.
While existing oracles were designed from the perspective of “buying information,” state synchronization is a completely different economic activity of “subscribing to relationships.” This isn’t simply an improvement—it’s a paradigm shift opening a new chapter in blockchain economic history.
New Economic Challenges
The core challenges facing State Synchronization Economy cannot be solved with traditional tokenomics:
Economic Viability of High-Frequency Transactions: Can we provide node rewards for every state change while maintaining realistic service fees?
Complex Node Reward Systems: Beyond the simple “data provision → reward” model, we need new compensation mechanisms for the multi-layered roles of state verification, synchronization, and security maintenance.
Subscription Payment Models: Pay-per-call methods are impossible for high-frequency services. We must establish the economic logic of State Subscription models.
Sustainable Circular Structure: We need to design a healthy economic ecosystem where user subscription fees → protocol revenue → node rewards → better services → more users creates a virtuous cycle.
Research Direction of the Economy Category
To address these challenges, we’re newly launching the Economy category. Beyond simple tokenomics, this category will document our journey to design and build an actual functioning State Subscription economic system.
Through upcoming research studies, we’ll seek answers to these fundamental questions:
- How is the actual cost structure of state synchronization configured?
- What token functions are necessary for the State Subscription model?
- What incentives and penalties should we provide to node operators?
- What is the optimal slashing mechanism to deter malicious behavior?
- How should blockchain’s first subscription service price its offerings?
A Systematic Research Approach
Our approach to solving these economic challenges will be systematic and comprehensive. Rather than addressing isolated problems, we’ll build each research study upon previous findings, creating a cohesive framework for understanding State Subscription economics.
Each study will tackle specific economic components—from cost structure analysis to pricing models, from security economics to network effects. The insights gained from one area will inform and strengthen our understanding of others, gradually building toward a complete economic architecture.
A Turning Point in Blockchain Economic Evolution
Just as Web1 evolved from static pages to Web2’s dynamic services and then Web3’s decentralized transactions, we’re now advancing to a new stage of decentralized continuous services.
State Subscription and State Synchronization Economy aren’t merely technical innovations. They represent a historic turning point where blockchain evolves from a simple transaction tool to a continuous service platform.
Building the Future Together
Our first Economy research, “State Subscription: Blockchain’s First Recurring Payment Revolution,” will be published soon. This article will deeply explore the economic innovations and historical significance of blockchain’s first subscription service.
We invite you to consider how state synchronization and the State Subscription model might transform your projects or business. We look forward to your interest and participation in this journey of creating a new paradigm in blockchain economics.
