You’ll design and evaluate mechanisms that optimize for economic security, decentralization, performance, compatibility with existing infrastructure, and ease of use.
You’ll evaluate potential attack vectors and evaluate ways to mitigate the threat of attacks.
You’ll advise the team on technical merits of other systems that are potential partners, such as bridges and DeFi protocols.
You’ll stay up to date on mechanism design in other blockchains and develop opinions on various practices
You’ll collaborate with our engineering team to design and test new mechanism options.
You’ll write about your findings for both internal and public audiences.

Excellent knowledge of mechanisms and policies in existing blockchains, with strong opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of existing mechanisms.
Excellent knowledge of major DeFi primitives (AMMs, bridges, oracles, etc)
Excellent technical communication skills
Extreme technical curiosity
Attention to detail
Creativity
Resourcefulness and independence
Clarity of thought
Enthusiasm about learning and teaching
Enthusiasm for Monad’s mission of enabling far more decentralized computation
Nice to have: Previous experience at a L1 or L2 blockchain protocol, Experience with applied cryptography, Experience with distributed systems, Experience with game theory, Ability to code, e.g. for implementing simulations

Senior Researcher, Mechanism Design

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