TLDR Tech / Crypto
Augmented Mechanism Design: One Operator, Every Substrate
Augmented Mechanism Design (AMD) is a framework for hardening protocols without replacing core mechanisms, applying four strategies: making bad states unrepresentable by design, using bonding and slashing to render attacks unprofitable, deploying time-locks to eliminate speed advantages, and requiring cryptographic attestations for verifiable claims. Deployed DeFi implementations include Augmented Bonding Curves with exit tributes, Augmented Harberger Taxes with loyalty multipliers, and commit-reveal batch auctions using Fisher-Yates shuffling to block front-running. A consensus implementation requires both capital and contribution dimensions to independently supply 50% of finality weight, preventing plutocratic capture without administrative oversight.
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