7.5A Blockchain Governance
Class Outline
Blockchain
Digital currency
Blockchain governance
Class Description (Kenji Saito)
This lecture on blockchain governance gives a general model of what
blockchain and other distributed ledger technology try to achieve and
how they work, as well as their technological and social/political issues.
blockchain and other distributed ledger technology try to achieve and
how they work, as well as their technological and social/political issues.
It also questions how technological platforms may take on roles of
governmental functionality and what it is to automate the society as a whole.
governmental functionality and what it is to automate the society as a whole.
Class Description - Blockchain Governance Design (by Fred Ehrsam, 2017)
Two critical components of blockchain governance; incentives and mechanisms for coordination
Current approaches; Bitcoin, Ethereum
New chains experimenting with on-chain governance
Double-edged sword of on-chain governance
Future approaches
Voting with people or money?
Other tools
Forking
Lecture Pool: Kenji Saito
Lecture Candidates: Pindar Wong, Myung Sahn Juhn
7.5B Digital Commerce Governance
Class Outline
Digital commerce (B2B, B2C, C2C,...)
Digital payment: Alipay, WeChatpay, M-Pesa, Pay Pal,...
WTO
Lecture Candidates:
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