Fundamentally, tokens are an incentive alignment mechanism
This is no different for
$LINK
Unlike many crypto projects which have two competing sets of stakeholders (equity investors and token investors), Chainlink has just one: token holders
CLL employees don’t receive any company equity as part of their comp structure, but rather receive base comp in local currency and long-term incentives tied to
$LINK
As a result, every individual at CLL helping build Chainlink has a direct financial incentive in seeing the token capture value from Chainlink’s success, their financial outcome is tied to it
Personally, some of the largest
$LINK whales I personally know work for CLL, the incentive alignment is strong
Yes, there are still challenges to overcome and improvements to be made, all feedback is heard loud and clear
But I wouldn’t mistake opacity and strategic risk aversion as a lack of economic alignment