# Validation of Value-Driven Token Economy: Focus on Blockchain Content Platform
## 4 Results and Discussion
Among these four sub-factors, ’monetary value of tokens’ is ranked first, with a weight of 0.271. This means that the actual monetary value of the token is the most important factor for ’profit’. ’Value-index-based rewards’ came in second, ’diverse reward mechanisms’ came in third, and ’expanded investment opportunities’ came in fourth. The \(CI\) value is 0.044, which shows that the respondents are relatively consistent, and the \(\lambda_{\text{max}}\) value is 4.131, which is somewhat high because there are four sub-factors. Still, the \(CR\) value is 0.049, which shows that the consistency of the evaluation is sufficient. Blockchain experts ranked ’diverse reward mechanisms’ first, followed by ’value-index-based rewards’, ’monetary value of tokens’ third, and ’expanded investment opportunities’ fourth. Content experts ranked ’monetary value of tokens’ first, followed by ’value-index-based rewards’, ’expanded investment opportunities’ third, and ’diverse reward mechanisms’ fourth. ’Value-index-based rewards’ was ranked second by both groups, and this sub-factor was also ranked second by all the respondents. \begin{table}
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**All the Respondents** & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**Blockchain**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Content**} \\ \hline
**Sub-Factor** & **Rank** & **Weight** & **Rank** & **Weight** & **Rank** & **Weight** \\ \hline Immediate Reward & 1 & 0.357 & 2 & 0.345 & 1 & 0.368 \\ Distribution & & & & & & \\ Data Transparency & 2 & 0.286 & 3 & 0.285 & 3 & 0.286 \\ Data Integrity & 1 & 0.357 & 1 & 0.369 & 2 & 0.346 \\ \hline SUM & & 1.000 & & 1.000 & & 1.000 \\ \(CI\) & & 0.026 & & 0.013 & & 0.038 \\ \(CR\) & & 0.030 & & 0.026 & & 0.034 \\ \(\lambda_{max}\) & & 3.031 & & 3.027 & & 3.036 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 11: The relative importance of the sub-factors of ’platform/blockchain’: All 30 respondents ranked ’immediate reward distribution’ and ’data integrity’ as tied for first place, with a weight of 0.357. ’Data transparency’ is second, with a weight of 0.286. Blockchain experts ranked ’data integrity’ first, ’immediate reward distribution’ second, and ’data transparency’ third. Content experts ranked ’immediate reward distribution’ first, the same as all the respondents, followed by ’data integrity’ in second place and ’data transparency’ in third place. The \(CI\), \(CR\), and \(\lambda_{\text{max}}\) values of the blockchain and content experts and all the respondents are fair and consistent. the weights of the top factors. They provide a holistic view of each sub-factor's contribution to the decision criteria. The global ranking gives each sub-factor a comparative ranking based on its global weight to show its overall importance in decision-making. The 'people' top factor has the highest weight (0.487), indicating that it is considered as the most important aspect of the decision-making problem. Within 'people', 'user participation and empowerment' is the most significant sub-factor, with a global weight of 0.163, making it the highest ranked across all the sub-factors. The 'profit' top factor is weighted at 0.242, suggesting that profit-related aspects are important but less so than 'people' or 'platform'. Within 'profit','monetary value of tokens' holds this category's highest global weight (0.066), ranked eighth overall. The 'platform' top factor, with a weight of 0.271, underscores the substantial importance of 'platform (blockchain)'-related factors in the overall decision-making context. Within 'platform', 'immediate reward distribution' and 'data integrity' share the highest local weight (0.357) within this factor, with a joint global rank of 3 rd, reflecting their critical importance. This table effectively communicates the hierarchical importance of various factors and sub-factors within the decision-making process, offering valuable insights for strategic decision-making and priority setting in the context of this study. It is also significant that the sub-factors of 'profit' all occupy the bottom three positions in the global ranking.