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View article: How to DAO: the role of trust and confidence in institutional design
How to DAO: the role of trust and confidence in institutional design Open
View article: The Blockchain Governance Toolkit. A Cookbook for a Resilient and Robust Ecosystem
The Blockchain Governance Toolkit. A Cookbook for a Resilient and Robust Ecosystem Open
View article: Report on Blockchain Governance Dynamics
Report on Blockchain Governance Dynamics Open
View article: PROOF OF HUMANITY: ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH OF A "DEMOCRATIC" DAO
PROOF OF HUMANITY: ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH OF A "DEMOCRATIC" DAO Open
View article: <p>The Blockchain Governance Toolkit: A Cookbook for a Resilient and Robust Ecosystem</p>
The Blockchain Governance Toolkit: A Cookbook for a Resilient and Robust Ecosystem Open
View article: Blockchain Technology and Polycentric Governance <br>
Blockchain Technology and Polycentric Governance Open
View article: Report on Blockchain Governance Dynamics
Report on Blockchain Governance Dynamics Open
View article: Cooperative online communities
Cooperative online communities Open
Most of today’s online community organization is done in an “implicitly feudal” manner, coordinated on centrally managed digital platforms, operated by platform companies. However, cooperative models represent a viable alternative that des…
View article: The unusual DAO: An ethnography of building trust in “trustless” spaces
The unusual DAO: An ethnography of building trust in “trustless” spaces Open
Blockchains have been discussed as a response to the decline of trust for as long as the technology exists. This paper expands the discourse on trust in blockchains to decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs), novel forms of organisat…
View article: Blockchain technology and polycentric governance
Blockchain technology and polycentric governance Open
This report addresses the polycentric governance of blockchain systems, following conversations held from September 2022 until September 2023 by a reading group of blockchain practitioners and academics. The ERC-funded BlockchainGov projec…
View article: PROOF OF HUMANITY: ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH OF A "DEMOCRATIC" DAO
PROOF OF HUMANITY: ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH OF A "DEMOCRATIC" DAO Open
In 2021, the Proof of Humanity (PoH) project debuted as the first Sybil-resistant registry of“unique and singular” individuals on the Ethereum network. The project offers an economic incentivethrough collaboration with the Universal Basic …
View article: Open Problems in DAOs
Open Problems in DAOs Open
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a new, rapidly-growing class of organizations governed by smart contracts. Here we describe how researchers can contribute to the emerging science of DAOs and other digitally-constituted or…
View article: Beyond Markets: the DADAist Case for NFTs in Art
Beyond Markets: the DADAist Case for NFTs in Art Open
View article: Social Security for Web3 Work: A Preliminary Specification of the Design and Deployment of Solidarity Primitives for DAO Contributors
Social Security for Web3 Work: A Preliminary Specification of the Design and Deployment of Solidarity Primitives for DAO Contributors Open
View article: Ethnographic Research of Proof of Humanity DAO (Investigación Etnográfica de Proof of Humanity DAO).
Ethnographic Research of Proof of Humanity DAO (Investigación Etnográfica de Proof of Humanity DAO). Open
View article: Report on blockchain technology & legitimacy
Report on blockchain technology & legitimacy Open
This report synthesizes the insights explored within the ERC BlockchainGov reading group on “Legitimacy in Blockchain,” taking place bi-weekly from July 2021 until June 2022. The report investigates the role of legitimacy in blockchain sys…
View article: Report on Blockchain Technology &amp; Legitimacy
Report on Blockchain Technology & Legitimacy Open