Governance Of Blockchain Systems
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/governance-of-blockchain-systems/
Jun 27, 2018 - Decentralization, hashing functions, public key cryptography, and smart contracts are advantageous design features of blockchain systems. These require the coordination of multiple and diverse actors with differing incentives—cryptoeconomics—to solve any problems that arise. This research examines the impact of governance on these systems. Specifically, it explores governance needs at three levels of the blockchain stack: the Internet layer, the blockchain layer, and the application layer, including the deployment of decentralized applications (Dapps). De Filippi and McMullen explain the difference between governance by the infrastructure...
Keyword: Aragon,
carbonvote,
Civic,
cryptoeconomics,
CryptoKitties,
DAOstack,
Dapp framework,
decentralized autonomous organization,
deep packet inspection,
distributed application,
District0x,
Ethereum improvement proposal,
Gnosis,
governance,
law & regulation,
MD5 algorithm,
Multisig,
net neutrality,
off-chain,
on-chain,
Open Zeppelin,
Sapien,
SDG 12,
stewardship,
technology
Blockchain for Planetary Stewardship, Part 1/2
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-for-planetary-stewardship/
Jan 30, 2018 - In the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the agenda for sustainable development, this project provides a taxonomy for analyzing what the blockchain community is doing to counter the adverse effects of human activity on the planet. It explores such approaches as developing less computationally demanding consensus algorithms, aligning stakeholder incentives, and combining distributed ledgers with other innovations such as artificial intelligence, sharing economy, Internet of Things, and big data analytics.
Keyword: carbon credit trading,
clean energy,
Climate Ledger Initiative,
emission reduction,
energy & resources,
green finance,
Hack4Climate,
Paris Agreement,
SDG 13,
SDG 14,
SDG 15,
smart standards,
Veridium,
wildlife conservation,
Xpansiv
Blockchain for Planetary Stewardship, Part 2/2
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-for-planetary-stewardship-2/
Jan 30, 2018 - This project surveys the landscape of blockchain start-ups, applications, and networks related to climate, sustainability, and governance of planetary resources. It speaks to leaders of green initiatives and heads of corporate social responsibility programs who want to explore distributed ledgers for their coordinating members of their ecosystems. It also introduces innovators to their peers’ work—not just Climatecoin, Grid+, and LO3 Energy but thirty other endeavors including think tanks, trading platforms, and environment-related cryptocurrencies.
Keyword: carbon credits,
ConsenSys,
conservation,
energy & resources,
renewable electricity,
SDG 13,
SDG 14,
SDG 15,
SDG 6,
SDG 7,
solar energy,
sustainable supply chains,
waste management
Token Taxonomy: The Need for Open-Source Standards Around Digital Assets
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/token-taxonomy-the-need-for-open-source-standards-around-digital-assets/
Feb 19, 2020 - This project underscores the importance of standards and governance of token innovation in managing digital assets. It takes an in-depth look at the Token Taxonomy Initiative, a new open standards effort championed by a who’s who of enterprise blockchain, from Accenture and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to Microsoft and Web3 Labs. Its members have taken a first-principles blockchain-agnostic approach to developing a Token Taxonomy Framework, which is expected to help unify our understanding of the token economy without sacrificing the decentralization that makes it so powerful. It starts with token types and progresses to token properties, w...
Keyword: CryptoKitty,
Elon Musk,
ERC-20,
ERC-721,
IBM,
ICO,
Intel,
J.P.Morgan,
Marley Gray,
non-fungible,
R3,
Ron Resnick,
SDG 9,
technology
Decentralized Resource Governance
File Type: Document
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/decentralized-resource-governance/
Jun 24, 2022 - This research brief summarizes the findings of a substantial research project funded by Input Output (IO) and focused on discovering new approaches to the governance of resources in blockchain ecosystems. The team was substantial, with two dozen researchers from IO, the Boston Consulting Group, and the Blockchain Research Institute. The process was iterative, with write-ups, peer reviews, and discussions of research results and feedback. Based on its findings, the research team proposed a new form of stewardship, called the decentralized resource governance (DRG) model. It is a means of governing initiatives to deploy resources, shap...
Keyword: auditing,
Cardano,
DAO,
dispute resolution,
facilitation council,
KPIs,
open source,
programmable SDGs,
proof of merit,
quadratic voting,
treasury management,
work package
