Blockchain Networks as Knowledge Commons

【Author】 Murtazashvili, Ilia; Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick; Weiss, Martin B. H.; Madison, Michael J.

【Source】INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMONS

【影响因子】2.646

【Abstract】Researchers interested in blockchains are increasingly attuned to questions of governance, including how blockchains relate to government, the ways blockchains are governed, and ways blockchains can improve prospects for successful self-governance. Our paper joins this research by exploring the implications of the Governing Knowledge Commons (GKC) framework to analyze governance of blockchains. Our novel contributions are making the case that blockchain networks represent knowledge commons governance, in the sense that they rely on collectively-managed technologies to pool and manage distributed information, illustrating the usefulness and novelty of the GCK methodology with an empirical case study of the evolution of Bitcoin, and laying the foundation for a research

【Keywords】KEYWORDS; Blockchain; blockchain; governance; Governing; Knowledge Commons; polycentricity; Bitcoin

【发表时间】2022

【收录时间】2022-06-26

【文献类型】实证性文章

【主题类别】

区块链应用-实体经济-公共管理