I will start to sound like a broken record soon but blockchain has provided a wealth of information about “fair” distribution games and their downfalls.
The NFT summer of 2021 saw first come first serve distros gamed by parties with superior network positioning.
Dutch auctions (from the article) strongly favored the wealthy buyers not fans or parties who “pay” with other things of value like their time.
Lotteries were easily games by sock puppets.
Lotteries with “strong” identity verification created grey markets for identities. Think about mechanical Turk but peoples task is to get a lottery ticket and remit the winnings.
People tried social credit systems where participating in community activities like discords earned you the spot in line. Again, services arose to farm these spots.
Fascinating microcosm of human behavior.
I agree with commenters that suggest refundable non-transferable tickets however, for goods this scarce where a secondary market is valuable, I don’t think we have a simple good solution.
The NFT summer of 2021 saw first come first serve distros gamed by parties with superior network positioning.
Dutch auctions (from the article) strongly favored the wealthy buyers not fans or parties who “pay” with other things of value like their time.
Lotteries were easily games by sock puppets.
Lotteries with “strong” identity verification created grey markets for identities. Think about mechanical Turk but peoples task is to get a lottery ticket and remit the winnings.
People tried social credit systems where participating in community activities like discords earned you the spot in line. Again, services arose to farm these spots.
Fascinating microcosm of human behavior.
I agree with commenters that suggest refundable non-transferable tickets however, for goods this scarce where a secondary market is valuable, I don’t think we have a simple good solution.