Now the code runs itself: On-chain and off-chain governance of blockchain technologies
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This becomes particularly apparent in moments when (implicit) shared values are called into question, as illustrated by 'states of exception', such as the one triggered on the Ethereum network in the aftermath of TheDAO attack.
“This becomes particularly apparent in moments when (implicit) shared values are called into question, as illustrated by 'states of exception', such as the one triggered on the Ethereum network in the aftermath of TheDAO attack [93].”
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Problems emerge when standard governance practices are threatened in the case of an emergency that calls for decision-making beyond the scope of ordinary procedures, as in the case of TheDAO attack on the Ethereum network.
“Problems emerge, however, when standard governance practices are threatened in the case of an emergency that calls for decision-making beyond the scope of ordinary procedures-as in the case of TheDAO attack on the Ethereum network [93].”
From Blockchain as a confidence machine: The problem of trust & challenges of governance (2020) · cites this paper as [93]
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- Authors
- Reijers, W., Wuisman, I., Mannan, M., De Filippi, P., Wray, C., Rae-Looi, V., Cubillos Vélez, A., & Orgad, L.
- Affiliations
- European University Institute (IT)
- Leiden University (NL)
- Stanford University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reijers, Wessel
- Venue
- Topoi
- Published
- 2018-12-17
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 821-831
- ISSN
- 0167-7411 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8749
- OpenAlex
- W2903571258
- Cited by
- 165
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6
- FWCI
- 16.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Topoi (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- H2020 European Research Council (716350)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Digital Transformation in Law
- Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
- Keywords
- blockchain governance, on-chain governance, Bitcoin, legal positivism, Hans Kelsen, Carl Schmitt, private interests, legal theory
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