The past, present and future of blockchain governance, with Primavera De Filippi, Wessel Reijers and Morshed Mannan

The authors of recently published “Blockchain Governance”  joined the Techquitable podcast to discuss how governance over blockchain communities is formed. 

It was a pleasure to learn about their research on governance and the importance of decentralization in blockchain communities.

Timestamps:

[2:40] - Why collaborate to write a book on blockchain governance?

[6:15] - Who should read the book? Why?

[17:00] - Tension between how regulation should work, and how it actually does

[28:35] - Different governance structures

[34:11] - Will we reach a consistent perspective on the optimal blockchain governance approach?

[41:00] - What each author hopes readers learn from their book

For more on each guest:

Primavera (@yaoeo) is a Director of Research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Wessel (@WesselReijers) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Media Studies, Paderborn University, where he explores the nature of distributed governance.

Morshed (@MannanMorshed) is a Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, where his research focuses on blockchain governance.