Metcalfe's Law (Network Value)
The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users (n^2).
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Common Uses
- Valuing network-effects businesses vs. linear ones
- Justifying growth investment in a platform company
- Modeling the value of an emerging community or protocol
- Teaching the economics of two-sided markets
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