Adjusting for Inflation - Development Log #540

In this week's devlog Michi talks about two other mechanisms that are based on the inflation data.

Michi (molp)

This week I deployed the change in the retention factor I mentioned in last week's devlog #539. After a few days we saw a drop in the number of taken plots. It is not much, but it is a beginning. Just today, in the weekly team meeting, we discussed two other measures we will roll out later this year.

I also deployed the new inflation index command INFL:

In devlog #537 I described how its controls work and what the graphs show. You can now give it a try yourselves.

Besides the dynamic market makers, we'll also use the inflation data for two other control mechanisms: starting capital and faction contract rewards.

Similarly to the market makers, we have adjusted the starting capital and contract rewards every once in a while to account for inflation. I implemented a mechanism that takes the inflation data and adjusts these two values once a week. Instead of being based on a single commodity or basket of commodities, as makes sense for a single market maker, starting capital and rewards are based on an average across a given currency.

We'll collect a bit more data and then activate the three control mechanisms.

As always, we'd love to hear what you think: join us on Discord or the forums!

Happy trading!