We can also distinguish between on-chain events, which are usually related to the operation of the protocol and tangible transactional activity, and off-chain events, which can be any relevant signal — for instance, requests for web services or API calls. Instead of making products, these economies produce sources of attention (from/to a service). And this productive knowledge is embedded in the governance and market structures of the society — this is why a great many of the services that drive economic activity in crypto economies are essentially “social fabric”, such as forums, engaging news bots, and over-the-counter exchange brokers. You should know where the required knowledge of those interacting agents (either people or machine) is aggregated.