Epistemic Leverage

[connormcmk]

We should implement a simple version of epistemic leverage that has restaking, doubting, and relinquishing, primarily so we can start to play with the UI/UX affordances

Probably for now the leverage and the relinquish functions can be this simple

def leverage(stake, restake, doubt):
    return stake + (restake * stake - 2 * doubt)

def relinquish(stake, doubt, quantity):
    """Returns new (stake, doubt)"""
    return stake - quantity, doubt - quantity

Connor:
I really strongly believe we should implement a prototype version of epistemic leverage. Here's what I think it could look like as a user flow. We can use a popup to provide progressive disclosure of how it works and what it is, and it would be consistent with the story that we're telling to customers and investors. We just need to be able to show off how it works and to learn what it feels like to use the mechanism. This will also be a really important norm to begin to establish as we start with work with Scroll, Eigen, and other DAOs. Of course if we learn that it's not working from a mechanism or product perspective then we can always drop it, but even if that's the case I think it will convey the idea that "wow, these guys are really thinking differently from everyone else".