Show Notes Mint & Burn Podcast
Mint & Burn Episode 48: The Validator Commons (live) w. Ellie Rennie, Eric Alston, and Kelsie Nabben.
In this episode, we discuss ‘The Validator Commons’, an initiative that was started via Metagov.org to create a space for blockchain validators to coordinate and cooperate in their role as operators and governors of public blockchains. This exciting conversation covers some of the dynamics, challenges, and controversies of blockchain validators - a little understood but incredibly important aspect of blockchain governance. This episode was recorded live at the ‘What’s Governing Web3?’ conference in Melbourne in December, 2022.
Links:
Blog article by Ellie Rennie: https://ellierennie.medium.com/how-to-start-a-crypto-political-party-a6324cb53f35
Alston, E., 2020. Constitutions and blockchains: Competitive governance of fundamental rule sets. Case W. Res. JL Tech. & Internet, 11, p.131. https://heinonline-org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/caswestres11§ion=7
Alston, E., Law, W., Murtazashvili, I. and Weiss, M., 2022. Blockchain networks as constitutional and competitive polycentric orders. Journal of Institutional Economics, 18(5), pp.707-723. https://www-cambridge-org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/core/journals/journal-of-institutional-economics/article/blockchain-networks-as-constitutional-and-competitive-polycentric-orders/2DFD78A55D1D84EAE5D008B448531E1D
Metagov: https://metagov.org/
Link to Web3 conference: https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/whats-governing-web3/#1660188139108-e96f160c-d578Mint & Burn
Episode 47: Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance Reading Group 2 w. Ellie Rennie, Kola Heyward-Rotimi, hosted by Kelsie Nabben, Tara Merk, & Cent Hosten
In this special episode as the third installment in the ‘Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance Reading Group, we’re joined by ethnographer Ellie Rennie and speculative fiction scholar Kola Heyward-Rotimi to discuss a co-authored piece that took place at ‘Decentralized Web Camp’ in 2022. We discuss speculative fiction as a method, “LARPing”, and reflecting on one’s own research methods in Web3.
Links:
What’s Governing Web3? (Conference) https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/whats-governing-web3/#1660188139108-e96f160c-d578
Elle’s blog: https://ellierennie.medium.com/
Kola’s website: https://kolaheywardrotimi.com/
Black Swan’s website: https://blackswan.support/
Nabben, K. 2021. “Infinite Games: How Crypto is LARPing.” CoinDesk (blog). https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2021/12/13/infinite-games-how-crypto-is-larping/
Nabben, K. 2022. “Inside a Social DAO: How an Online Community Becomes a Digital City.” CoinDesk (blog). https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/10/17/inside-a-social-dao-how-an-online-community-becomes-a-digital-city/
Stewart McLean, Fictionalising Anthropology. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/fictionalizing-anthropology
Labaree RV (2002) The risk of "going observationalist" negotiating the hidden dilemmas of being an insider participant observer. Qualitative Research 2(1): 97-122.
Mint & Burn Episode 46: Dane Lund, AllianceDAO & Dr Arron Lane on DAOs and the Law.
In this episode, we’re joined by Dane Lund from AllianceDAO and resident legal scholar Dr. Aaron Lane to talk about DAO labour and the legal risks of participating in DAOs, DAO policy developments, and the future possibilities of DAOs. Please note that none of this episode is intended as legal advice.
Links:
AllianceDAO: Web3 Accelerator https://alliance.xyz/
WEF, DAOs Beyond the Hype: https://www.weforum.org/whitepapers/decentralized-autonomous-organizations-beyond-the-hype
Dane’s reading list: https://twitter.com/lund_dane/status/1569790617080700938
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub blog series on the future of Universities: https://substack.com/profile/86255210-so-you-run-a-university?utm_source=about-page
Mint & Burn Episode 45: Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance Reading Group 2 w. Kelsie Nabben, Tara Merk, Cent Hosten & Quinn DuPont.
We’re back, with the ‘Digital Ethnography in Blockchain Reading Group’, session 2. Kelsie, Tara & CEnt are joined by Quinn DuPont, author of a number of quintessential blockchain studies, including “Experiments in algorithmic governance: A history and ethnography of “The DAO”, a failed decentralised autonomous organization”. Learn about ethnographic methods, grounded theory, and current research interests.
Links:
Quinn’s Website: https://iqdupont.com/
“Experiments in algorithmic governance: A history and ethnography of “The DAO”, a failed decentralised autonomous organization”.
Nabben, Kelsie. 2021. Resilient Future-Making: How Cryptocurrency & Transhumanism Overlap for Immutable, Decentralised, Autonomous Futures. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3911005 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3911005
Mint & Burn Episode 44: The New Economy w. Thomas Hardjono (MIT), Jason Potts, & Kelsie Nabben
In this wide ranging and engaging episode we are joined by computer scientists Dr Thomas Hardjono from MIT Connection Science lab . We discuss Web3.0, data, cooperative data governance models, identity, and trust from an interdisciplinary perspective. “At the end of the day it’s about human beings, it's about societies, it's about communities. It's not about technology”.
Links:
connection.mit.edu
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/building-new-economy
https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/satp/documents/
Nabben, K. (2022). “DAOs as Data Trusts”. ADMS. https://apo.org.au/node/318350
Mint & Burn Episode 43: Token Engineering w. Angela Kreitenweis & Dr Imon Palit
In this episode, we’re joined by Angela Kreitenweis, Founder Token Engineering Academy and Dr Imon Palit to discuss token engineering as an interdisciplinary method and the launch of the token engineering academy. Don’t miss the launch of the Token Engineering Academy at Tokenengineering.org
Links:
Tokenengineering.org
https://medium.com/tokenengineering/token-engineering-fundamentals-49b15b42fa5
Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons. (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
TEC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TokenEngineering
Zargham, M. and K. Nabben. 2020. “Algorithms as Policy”. Medium (blog). https://kelsienabben.substack.com/p/algorithms-as-policy
Mint & Burn Episode 42: Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance Reading Group 1 w. Tara Merk, Cent Hosten, & guest Wassim Alsindi
In this special episode, we share the recording from the kick off of the ‘Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance’ Reading group, co-organised by Kelsie Nabben, RMIT University, Tara Merk, BlockchainGov, & Cent Hosten from Metagov. We’re joined by guest Wassim Alsindi, who is a seasoned researcher, designer, and critical thinker - involved in Bitcoin, creative arts production through 0xSalon, and MIT Computational Law Journal, among other projects. This is the first in a monthly series that we hope to share on the podcast.
Links:
https://wassim.pubpub.org/
https://0xsalon.pubpub.org/
(Mis)adventures in crypto governance https://law.mit.edu/pub/tourdhorizon2/release/3
‘No God’s, No Master(Nodes)’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-fI328lI7o
Digital Gold, Nathaniel Popper (book): https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-Reinvent/dp/006236250X
Mint & Burn Episode 41: Token Mapping, Tax & Law Update w. Dr Elizabeth Morton, Dr Aaron Lane, & Danny Talwar
In this episode, we continue to endeavour to max tax fun with an update on the Australian Federal Government's announced 'token mapping' exercise and updates on the Board of Taxation. We also focus overseas on legal insights into the Tornado Cash situation. Our RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub experts are joined by Danny Talwar from the crypto tax platform Koinly. Please note, this is not financial, tax, or legal advice.
Links:
Treasury Consultation on foreign currency amendment: https://treasury.gov.au/consultation/c2022-314572
Token mapping exercise announcement: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/stephen-jones-2022/media-releases/work-underway-crypto-asset-reforms
BoT consultation: https://taxboard.gov.au/review/digital-assets-transactions-aus
KN: a political history of DAOs: https://www.fwb.help/wip/cypherpunks-to-social-daos
https://rmitbih.substack.com/p/is-the-receipt-of-an-airdrop-always?s=r
Chris Berg on Tornado Cash: http://chrisberg.org/2022/08/why-a-us-crypto-crackdown-threatens-all-digital-commerce/
Koinly.com.au
Mint & Burn Episode 40: A Revisionist History of Blockchain w. Associate Prof. Chris Berg from RMIT University Blockchain Innovation Hub
What does it mean that Bitcoin was able to achieve "a reliable system out of unreliable parts"? In this episode, we take a historical look at the development of permissionless blockchain technologies, including the Byzantine Fault Tolerant problem and the application of economic market theory to computational science. We also touch on recent events in permissionless systems, including the announcement of US sanctions on Tornado Cash.
Links:
https://alti.amsterdam/berg-blockchain/
Nabben, Kelsie, and Michael Zargham. 2022. " Permissionlessness". Internet Policy Review 11 (2). DOI: 10.14763/2022.2.1656. https://policyreview.info/glossary/permissionlessness.
Mint & Burn Episode 39: EOFY Crypto Tax w. Dr Elizabeth Morton from RMIT, Lisa Grieg from Perigee Advisors, & James Carey from Prime Partners
In this episode, we explore some essential end of financial year crypto considerations, including airdrops, DAO tokens, and the shifting tax landscape. Please note, this is not formal tax advice.
Links:
https://www.ato.gov.au/Tax-professionals/TP/Cryptocurrency---investment-or-personal-use-asset/
https://www.ato.gov.au/Media-centre/Media-releases/Four-priorities-for-the-ATO-this-tax-time/
https://rmitbih.substack.com/p/is-the-receipt-of-an-airdrop-always?s=r
Mint & Burn Episode 38: Engineering Methods in Web3 & Sub-DAOs of DAOs w. Danilo Lessa Bernardineli from BlockScience & Kelsie Nabben
In this dynamic episode, we discuss engineering methods in Web3, algorithmic systems, what are DAOs, the governance of algorithmic processes, and applied examples of governing machine learning processes in a sub-DAO of GitcoinDAO with engineering expert Danilo Lessa Bernardineli from BlockScience.
Links:
Emmett, J., et. al., 2021. “"Deterring Adversarial Behaviour at Scale in Gitcoin Grants”. Medium (blog). Available online: https://medium.com/block-science/deterring-adversarial-behavior-at-scale-in-gitcoin-grants-a8a5cd7899ff
FDD Season 14 Budget Request. GitcoinDAO Discourse Forum. Available online: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/cancelled-superceded-s14-proposal-fdd-season-14-budget-request/10448/55
Kelsie Nabben. 2021. Is a "Decentralized Autonomous Organization" a Panopticon? Algorithmic governance as creating and mitigating vulnerabilities in DAOs. In Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on (de) Centralization in the Internet (IWCI'21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 18–25. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/10.1145/3488663.3493791
Nabben, K., & Zargham, M. “Resilience of the Commons: observing “resilience” in the governance of decentralised technology communities”, Substack, 2021. Available online: https://kelsienabben.substack.com/p/resilience-of-the-commons-observing.
Mint & Burn Episode 37: Blockchain & Environmental Sustainability w. Zane Griffin Talley Cooper and Kelsie Nabben
In this episode, we’re joined by PhD graduate Zane Griffin Talley Cooper to discuss his research on BIT, COIN, RARE EARTH, blockchain and the environment, and what sustainability means in Web3.0. A not to miss episode!
Links:
https://www.zanegriffintalleycooper.com/publications
www.alchemicalinfrastructures.com
Cooper, Z.G.T. (2021). Of dog kennels, magnets, and hard drives: Dealing with big data peripheries. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F20539517211015430
Cooper, Z.G.T. (In progress) “Infrastructural alchemy”. Media, Culture, and Society
https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/11887
Mint & Burn Episode 36: Blockchain Governance and Game Theory with Dr Peyman Khezr and Associate Professor Chris Berg
In this episode, we’re joined by RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub economist Dr Peyman Khezr to discuss cryptoeconomics and game theory. We explore the utility of blockchains, how to think about how to choose governance mechanisms in blockchain systems, and some specific mechanisms, including quadratic voting, time, and bond voting. By analyzing relatively new mechanisms in blockchain governance, we see how blockchains are evolving in the pursuit of reducing transaction costs.
Links:
Allen, Darcy and Berg, Chris, Blockchain Governance: What We Can Learn From the Economics of Corporate Governance (January 15, 2020). Allen, DWE and Berg, C (Forthcoming) ‘Blockchain Governance: What can we Learn from the Economics of Corporate Governance?’, The Journal of the British Blockchain Association., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3519564 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3519564
Davidson, Sinclair and Potts, Jason, Corporate Governance in a Crypto-World (May 4, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4099906
Mint & Burn Episode 35: The Valuation of Virtual Land and the Metaverse with Mitchell Goldberg, Prof. Jason Potts and Kelsie Nabben
In this episode, we explore some of the economic principles of the Metaverse in a discussion of how people are valuing land in virtual worlds, such as Decentraland. Based on a working paper, we ask what drives prices of virtual land and how this is linked to business applications, and explore what this might mean for virtual spaces and their business models, as well as real cities as they seek to digitize.
Links:
Goldberg, Mitchell and Kugler, Peter and Schär, Fabian, Land Valuation in the Metaverse: Location Matters (September 29, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3932189 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3932189
The Decentraland Whitepaper: https://docs.decentraland.org/decentraland/whitepaper/
Snow Crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
Ready Player One (book and/or movie): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One
Mark Zuckerberg on the Tim Ferris Show and/or Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast: https://tim.blog/2022/03/24/mark-zuckerberg/, https://lexfridman.com/mark-zuckerberg/
Nabben, Kelsie, Building the Metaverse: ‘Crypto States’ and Corporates Compete, Down to the Hardware (November 30, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3981345
Mint & Burn Episode 34: Intellectual Property Rights in Crypto Cyberspace with Prof. Sinclair Davidson, Prof. Jason Potts, and Kelsie Nabben
In this episode, we discuss intellectual property, IP rights, and what this means in the context of blockchain and crypto states. We talk about whether property rights are granted by nation-states or by community consensus. We also discuss the possibilities of composability and the limitations of property rights in Web3.0.
Links:
Statute of Anne, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne
Khezr, Peyman and Mohan, Vijay, Property rights in the Crypto age: NFTs and the auctioning of limited edition artwork (August 5, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3900203 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3900203
Harold Demsetz, “Towards a Theory of Property Rights”. http://ses.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/demsetz-2.pdf
Nabben, Kelsie, Building the Metaverse: ‘Crypto States’ and Corporates Compete, Down to the Hardware (November 30, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981345 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3981345
Berg, Chris and Davidson, Sinclair and Potts, Jason, Blockchains Industrialise Trust (November 19, 2017). Available at SSRN:https://ssrn.com/abstract=3074070 orhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3074070
Mint & Burn Episode 33: Surveying a City - methods and the Digital CBD project with Annette Markham & Alexia Maddox
In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Annette Markham and Dr Alexia Maddox to discuss the “Digital CBD” project. We explore quantitative and qualitative ethnographic research methods in an exploration of what it means to gather data and imagine the future of a city post-COVID. A link to the Digital CBD Survey is in the show notes!
Links:
Digital CBD survey link: https://digital-ethnography.com/news/digital-cbd-survey-2022/
Digital CBD project announcement: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/acumen/digitalcbd
Digital Ethnography Research Centre (RMIT): digital-ethnography.com/
Nabben, K. (2021). “Imagining Human-Machine Futures”. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356384735_Imagining_Human-Machine_Futures_Blockchain-based_Decentralized_Autonomous_Organizations/citations?latestCitations=PB:358694594
Mint & Burn Episode 32: DAO tooling & DeFi w. Dr Darcy Allen and Tulley Kearney
In this episode, we’re joined by RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members Dr Darcy Allen and Tulley Kearney to discuss DAO tooling and some of the latest trends in Decentralised Finance (DeFi). Darcy outlines his approach to “DAO toolkits” as composable enablers of innovation economies, the political possibilities of “cryptodemocracy”, and ecosystem sustainability. Tulley talks about DeFi founders Andre Cronje exit from the space, Curve Wars, and crypto community building.
Links:
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub Research Frontiers for 2022: https://rmitbih.substack.com/p/crypto-research-frontiers-for-2022
Nabben, Kelsie, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) as Data Trusts: A General-purpose Data Governance Framework for Decentralised Data Ownership, Storage, and Utilisation (December 20, 2021). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4009205
Allen, D. Berg, C. Lane, A. and Potts, J. 2020, 'Cryptodemocracy and its institutional possibilities', in Review of Austrian Economics, Springer, United States, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 363-374 ISSN: 0889-3047. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-018-0423-6.
Mint & Burn Episode 31: Blockchain meets Quantum Computing w. Dr Peter Rohde, Prof. Jason Potts, Prof. Sinclair Davidson, and Dr Darcy Allen
Quantum is coming. What does this mean for blockchain security? In this fascinating and dynamic episode, we explore what is quantum computing, is it a threat to blockchain, and what are the timelines. We also explore some potential antidotes, including post-quantum cryptography and “quantum crypto-economics”.
Links:
Dr Peter Rohde, “The vision for the quantum internet”. https://peterrohde.org/the-vision-for-the-global-quantum-internet/
http://btq.li/blockchain-finance-in-the-quantum-era
http://ledger.pitt.edu/ojs/ledger/article/view/127
Mint & Burn Episode 30: Research Frontiers for 2022 (law & tax) w. Aaron Lane, Elizabeth Morton & Marta Poblet
In this “part 2” on some of the research areas that RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members are focused on in 2022, we speak with Dr Aaron Lane, Dr Elizabeth Morton and Associate Professor Marta Poblet on DAO law in Australia, moving beyond CGT to a tax framework for the digital economy, and DAOs as “autonomous” organisations. Hosted by Kelsie Nabben.
Links:
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub (2022). ‘Crypto Research Frontiers for 2022’. https://rmitbih.substack.com/p/crypto-research-frontiers-for-2022
Nabben, Kelsie, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) as Data Trusts: A General-purpose Data Governance Framework for Decentralised Data Ownership, Storage, and Utilisation (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4009205
Darcy Allen, Chris Berg, & Aaron Lane. Cryptodemocracy: How Blockchain Can Radically Expand Democratic Choice. (Lexington Books, 2019).
Mint & Burn Episode 29: Research Frontiers for 2022 with Jason Potts & Chris Berg (pt.1)
In this episode, we talk about some of the research areas that RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members are focused on in 2022. Professor Jason Potts and Professor Chris Berg discuss DAOs as economic phenomena of enquiry, and the competitive dynamics of layer 1 blockchains. Hosted by Kelsie Nabben.
Links:
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub (2022). ‘Crypto Research Frontiers for 2022’. https://rmitbih.substack.com/p/crypto-research-frontiers-for-2022
Mint & Burn Episode 28: 'Algorithms as Policy’ with Dr Michael Zargham and Prof. Ellie Rennie.
In this insightful and far reaching conversation, we speak with Dr Micharl Zargham, Founder and Lead Researcher at Blocksciene, alongside Professor Ellie Rennie from RMIT University on “Algorithms as Policy”. We discuss policy making as a governance process in algorithmic systems. This episode includes insights on system design and ethnographic observation as a “feedback loop”, and is relevant to numerous DAOs and blockchain communities.
Links:
Zargham, M and Nabben, K. 2020. “Algorithms as Policy: “How can algorithm design be reconceptualized as policy-making to create safer digital infrastructures?”, Substack, https://kelsienabben.substack.com/p/algorithms-as-policy.
Zargham, M, et. al. 2021. “Summoning the Money God”. Medium. Available online: https://medium.com/reflexer-labs/summoning-the-money-god-2a3f3564a5f2.
Rennie, E. 2021. “A DAO is a Bureaucrat”. Medium. Available online: https://ellierennie.medium.com/a-dao-is-a-bureaucrat-56e0e6a99782.
Mint & Burn Episode 27: 'Australia as a Digital Asset Hub’ with Senator Andrew Bragg, Dr Aaron Lane, & Dr Elizabeth Morton
In this episode, we get insightful first hand perspectives on the Australian Parliamentary Enquiry into Blockchain and Digital Assets from Senator Andrew Bragg, alongside RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members that contributed to the open call for submissions. We cover the high level recommendations, the possible tax reform implications, and what this means for the blockchain industry.
Links:
Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Financial and Technology Hub, Final Report: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Financial_Technology_and_Regulatory_Technology/AusTechFinCentre/Final_report
Senator Bragg, Statement on the final report: https://www.andrewbragg.com/post/release-of-the-committees-final-report-20-october-2021
Mint & Burn Episode 26: 'Blockchains as Clubs’ with Professor Alain Marciano, Prof. Sinclair Davidson, & Distinguished Prof. Jason Potts
In this episode, we explore the economic theory of clubs and club goods and apply it to blockchains as a type of knowledge club. We're joined by renowned Professor Alain Marciano to take a deep dive into this area of theory, as well as some of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub to apply this theory to blockchain and DAOs.
Links:
Boettke, Peter and Marciano, Alain, (2017), The distance between Buchanan's “An Economic Theory of Clubs” and Tiebout's “A Pure Theory of Local Public Expenditures”. New insights based on an unpublished manuscript, Post-Print, HAL, https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01821893.
Frischmann, Brett M., Alain Marciano, and Giovanni Battista Ramello. "Retrospectives: tragedy of the commons after 50 years." Journal of Economic Perspectives 33, no. 4 (2019): 211-28.
Marciano, Alain, Antonio Nicita, and Giovanni Battista Ramello. "Big data and big techs: understanding the value of information in platform capitalism." European Journal of Law and Economics 50, no. 3 (2020): 345-358.
Marciano, Alain. "Why Hayek is a Darwinian (after all)? Hayek and Darwin on social evolution." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 71, no. 1 (2009): 52-61.
“James Buchanan: Clubs and Alternative Welfare Economics”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35 (3), 243-256.
“Retrospectives: Tragedy of the Commons After 50 Years”, (with B. M. Frischmann and G. B. Ramello), Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33 (4), 211-228.
“Ronald H. Coase (1910-2013)”, in R. McCord, The Palgrave Companion to LSE Economics, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019, 555-577, DOI: 10.1057/978−1−137−58274−4 22.
“Why Stigler’s Coase theorem is Stiglerian after all? A Methodological Explanation”, Re- search in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology, 2018, 36A, 127 155.
“The distance between Buchanan’s “An Economic Theory of Clubs” and Tiebout’s “A Pure Theory of Local Public Expenditures”. New insights based on an unpublished manuscript” (with P. Boettke), European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2017 (2): 205-237.
“Why Market Failures Are Not a Problem: James Buchanan on Market Imperfections, Voluntary Cooperation, and Externalities”, History of Political Economy, 2013, 45 (2), 223-254.
Mint & Burn Episode 25: 'The Decentralization Formula’ with Dr Thibault Schrepel, Dr Aaron Lane & D. Prof. Jason Potts
In this episode, we catch up with legal scholar Dr Thibault Schrepel to discuss his new book, "Blockchain + Antitrust". We dive in to competition law and policy, explore why blockchain and antitrust law have the same agenda for decentralization, and why they are ultimately complimentary.
Links:
Thibault Schrepel, 2021, “Blockchain + Antitrust: the decentralization formula”. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/blockchain-antitrust-9781800885523.html
Mint & Burn Episode 24: ‘Building Opensource Blockchain Economies’ with Prof. Sinclair Davidson, D. Prof. Jason Potts, Prof. Chris Berg, & Kelsie Nabben
This episode is on ““Building Opensource Blockchain Economies” with Professor Sinclair Davidson, Distinguished Professor Jason Potts, and Professor Chris Berg from the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub (ranked the second best University for blockchain in the world by CoinDesk!). We discuss opensource business models and the evolution from industrial to digital economy, how community imaginations translate into business models in blockchain and DAOs, and how do projects protect their competitive edge? This podcast partners well with the previous episode on “blockchain community building as a sport”.
Links:
Berg, Chris and Davidson, Sinclair and Potts, Jason. 2019. “Blockchain Technology as Economic Infrastructure: Revisiting the electronic markets hypothesis. Frontiers in Blockchain. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2019.00022
Berg, Chris and Davidson, Sinclair and Potts, Jason, Outsourcing Vertical Integration: Distributed Ledgers and the V-Form Organisation (November 11, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3300506
Berg, Chris and Davidson, Sinclair and Potts, Jason. 2020. “What we’ve learned from working with Agoric”. Cryptoeconomics Medium. Available online: https://cryptoeconomics-aus.medium.com/what-weve-learned-from-working-with-agoric-f3df7579dae5.
Economic flywheels (by a16Z): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1N6dY8vSQ&t=1345s
Mint & Burn Episode 23: 'Blockchain Community Building as a Sport’ with Professor Heath McDonald, Prof. Chis Berg, Prof. Jason Potts, and Kelsie Nabben
In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Heath McDonald from RMIT University to understand how insights from the research field of sports marketing apply to blockchain community building. We discuss why members are better than fans, why belonging matters, how to grow your community by engaging lite users, why creating opportunities for people to engage is more desirable than increasing engagement, and why the ultimate goal is a process of co-creation with community members. This episode is full of insights for crypto-communities and sports marketers alike. Tune in today
Links:
Professor Heath McDonald: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/m/mcdonald-professor-heath
Lee, M.,Kunkel, T.,Funk, D.,Karg, A.,McDonald, H. (2020). Built to last: relationship quality management for season ticket holders In: European Sport Management Quarterly, 20, 364 - 384
Leckie, C.,McDonald, H. (2020). (In Press) The interplay between entrepreneurial orientation and control mechanisms on decision-making and new product performance In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, , 1 - 1
Doyle, J.,Lock, D.,Funk, D.,Filo, K.,McDonald, H. (2017).‘I was there from the start’: The identity-maintenance strategies used by fans to combat the threat of losing In: Sport Management Review, 20, 184 - 197
Mint & Burn Episode 22: 'Ethereum’s Political Philosophy Explained’ with Dr Paul Dylan-Ennis
In this episode, Dr. Paul Dylan-Ennis from University College Dublin draws on his first-hand cryptocurrency community experience and philosophy background to outline Ethereum’s political philosophy. Why has it not been well articulated before now? We explore a number of his recent publications, including work on politics, DAOs, and NFTs.
Links:
Paul Dylan-Ennis: https://people.ucd.ie/paul.ennis/professional
Paul Dylan-Ennis. https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-political-philosophy-explained
Paul Dylan-Ennis. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/09/02/are-daos-socialist/
Nathanial Popper, Digital Gold (2016): https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-Reinvent/dp/006236250X
D Kavanagh,PJ Ennis, “Cryptocurrencies and the Emergence of Blockocracy”, The Information Society, 2020.
Mint & Burn Episode 21: 'Blockchain and the Evolution of Money’ with Dr Michael Peneder, Prof. Jason Potts, & Dr Trent MacDonald
In this episode, we speak with Dr Michael Peneder from the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, alongside Prof Jason Potts and Dr Trent MacDonald, on “Blockchain and the evolution of money”. We cover evolutionary economics, Schumpeter’s theory of innovation, and the bridge to the cryptocurrency innovation ecosystem.
Links:
https://michael.peneder.wifo.ac.at/
Digitization and the evolution of money as a social technology of account, Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2021): open access at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00191-021-00729-4
Schumpeter’s Venture Money, Oxford University Press (2021, with Andreas Resch): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/schumpeters-venture-money-9780198804383?cc=at&lang=en&
Schumpeter and venture finance: Radical theorist, broke investor, and enigmatic teacher, Industrial and Corporate Change (2015): https://academic-oup-com/icc/article/24/6/1315/2357478?login=true
https://twitter.com/PenederMichael
Mint & Burn Episode 20: 'Evolutionary economics & blockchain’ with A. Prof. William Luther, Prof. Jason Potts, Prof. Sinclair Davidson, & Prof. Chris Berg
In this episode, we speak with William Luther, early academic researcher into the economics of cryptocurrency on what schools of economic thought influence cryptocurrencies and how these are evolving. We refer to key concepts of currency acceptance, stable coins, CBDCs, and the future. William Luther is an Associate Professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University, director of the American Institute for Economic Research’s Sound Money Project, and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives.
Links:
William Luther: https://www.williamjluther.com/
American Institute for economics research: https://www.aier.org/staffs/william-j-luther/
Is Bitcoin Money? And What That Means. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 77, 2020: 144-149. (w/ Peter K. Hazlett)
Forthcoming book, “The Gold Standard”: https://www.aier.org/product/gold-standard/
Wall Street Journal (article): “Lessons for Today from the Gold Standard” https://www.wsj.com/articles/monetary-policy-gold-standard-price-stability-inflation-biden-mmt-bretton-woods-11627940271?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1
The Rise of Bitcoin (article): https://www.aier.org/article/the-rise-of-bitcoin/
Mint & Burn Episode 19: 'Grants, Foundations, & Treasury Management' with Prof. Jason Potts, Prof. Sinclair Davidson, & Dr Darcy Allen
A special episode on topical research by the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team on “Governing blockchain treasuries”, A better design for DeFi grant programs”, and “Deciding how to spend your treasury”. Join us for this discussion of economic theory on funding public goods and grants applied to blockchain communities. For more on these topics, make sure to check out the links in the show notes.
Links:
Darcy WE Allen, ‘Governing blockchain treasuries’, Substack. 2021.
https://darcyallen.substack.com/p/governing-blockchain-treasuries.
Darcy WE Allen and Chris Berg. ‘A better design for defi grant programs’, Medium, 2021.
https://cryptoeconomics-aus.medium.com/a-better-design-for-defi-grant-programs-17b155e83b6f
Darcy Allen, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts. ‘Deciding how to spend your treasury’, Medium, 2021. https://medium.com/cryptoeconomics-australia/deciding-how-to-spend-your-blockchain-treasury-9021240f7a60
https://twitter.com/DrDarcyAllen/status/1417697434956828672?s=20
https://ournetwork.substack.com/p/our-network-deep-dive-2
Mint & Burn Episode 18: 'Blockchains & Dark Markets' with Dr Alexia Maddox
In this episode, we explore the connection between “dark markets” and blockchains with Alexia Maddox. Alexia is a “netnographer” of frontier, digital communities. Her work on dark markets not only leads to fascinating research findings, but also pioneering qualitative research methods for engaging with online communities. We discuss her experience on researching the silk road, reflections on blockchain communities, and the frontier areas she’s currently working on. Don’t forget to check out the show notes for links to her work.
Links:
Maddox, Alexia, et al. "Constructive activism in the dark web: cryptomarkets and illicit drugs in the digital ‘demimonde’." Information, Communication & Society 19.1 (2016): 111-126.
Maddox, Alexia. "Netnography to Uncover Cryptomarkets." Netnography Unlimited. Routledge, 2020. 24-43.
Maddox, Alexia. "Disrupting the ethnographic imaginarium: Challenges of immersion in the Silk Road cryptomarket community." Journal of Digital Social Research 2.1 (2020): 20-38.
Heemsbergen, Luke, Alexia Maddox, and Robbie Fordyce. "Blockchained to what (end)? A socio-material provocation to check distributed futures." Blockchain and Web 3.0: Social, Economic, and Technological Challenges (2019).
Maddox, Alexia, and Luke J. Heemsbergen. "Digging in Crypto-Communities’ Future-Making: From Dark to Doge." M/C Journal 24.2 (2021).
Mint & Burn Episode 17: 'Crypto-politics - an update’ with Dr Jaya Klara Brekke & Dr Darcy Allen
Show Notes:
In this episode, we speak with political economist and geographer Dr. Jaya Klara Brekke for "an update" on crypto-politics. We discuss decentralization, governance, consensus and dissensus, and potential futures of zero-knowledge proofs and AI. Don't miss this.
Links:
Jaya Klara Brekke, Kate Beecroft, Francesca Pick. “The Dissensus Protocol: Governing Differences in Online Peer Communities”. Frontiers in Hum. Dyn. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2021.641731
Jaya Klara Brekke, “Cryptopolitics - an update 2098”, Infrastructure as Critique. Sumrevija.si. 2020. http://sumrevija.si/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SUM15single.pdf
Twitter: @jayapapaya
Lana Swartz, “New Money: how payment became social media”, 2020.
Nym: https://nymtech.net/
Mint & Burn Episode 16: 'Building Decentralised NFTs - Deep Dive' with Bokky Poobah, Prof. Jason Potts, Dr Lizzie Morton, & Dr Aaron Lane
Show Notes:
We are capturing and recording digital data for posterity. “Some of the most important information will probably end up being tied to the Ethereum blockchain, including NFTs”. How do we make this data last? We take a deep dive with software programmer and Aussie Ethereum community champion Bokky Poobah on what comprises an NFT and how this bundle of data and signatures is stored into perpetuity, as well as the potential tax and legal implications (this is not official advice).
Links:
https://nftpostcard.app/#/zombieBabiesAdoption (note: this is under construction)
https://bokkypoobah.github.io/MoonCatExplainer/
https://www.punkbodies.com/about
https://www.bastardganpunks.club/
ATO guidance: https://www.ato.gov.au/general/gen/tax-treatment-of-crypto-currencies-in-australia---specifically-bitcoin/
Mint & Burn Episode 15: 'Developments in DAOs’ with Prof. Alex Sims & Dr Aaron Lane
Show Notes:
In this episode on “Unpacking Recent Developments in DAOs”, we are joined by Professor Alex Sims from The University of Auckland in New Zealand and Dr Aaron Lane from RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub. We cover DAO legislation in Wyoming and other jurisdictions, corporate structures, corporate governance, and open challenges to DAOs (noting this should not be taken as legal advice).
Links:
Professor Alex Sims: https://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/people/asim033
Sims, A. (2019). Blockchain and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): The Evolution of Companies?. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 28, 423-458.
"DAOs and DACs as emergent business structures" - Technological Innovation in Corporate Financing: Regulatory Challenges for the Fintech Era, 12 November 2018, Monash University, Melbourne
Nabben, K, & Zargham, M. Resilience of the Commons: observing “resilience” in the governance of decentralised technology communities. Substack. 2021. https://kelsienabben.substack.com/p/resilience-of-the-commons-observing
Allen, D., Berg, C., Lane, A. Cryptodemocracy, How Blockchain Can Radically Expand Democratic Choice (Polycentricity: Studies in Institutional Diversity and Voluntary Governance). 2019. Lexington Books.
Kleros. https://kleros.io; https://blog.kleros.io/generalized-token-curated-registries/
Conviction voting: https://medium.com/giveth/conviction-voting-a-novel-continuous-decision-making-alternative-to-governance-aa746cfb9475
Stanford Law School, Codex: https://law.stanford.edu/codex-the-stanford-center-for-legal-informatics/
Mint & Burn Episode 14: 'Purpose Driven Tokens & DAOs’ with Shermin Voshmgir & Prof. Sinclair Davidson
Show Notes:
In this episode, we're joined by Shermin Voshmgir from Token Kitchen, to discuss cryptoeconomic foundations, token design patterns, and the institutional behaviour of "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations". Learn why "initial conditions count" in this insightful conversation.
Links:
Shermin’s book: https://shermin.net/token-economy-book/ OR https://www.amazon.co.uk/Token-Economy-Web3-reinvents-Internet/dp/3982103819/ref=pd_ybh_a_9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KGRJ2NKF59GBQZFZHKGD
https://medium.com/primedao/conceptual-models-for-dao2dao-relations-ac2b2d3cc84d
https://token.kitchen/2021/03/18/exploring-dao2dao-collaboration-mechanisms/
Mint & Burn Episode 13: 'Decentralised Autonomous Organisation and the Law' with Prof. Aaron Wright & Dr Aaron Lane
Show Notes:
In this insightful episode, we engage with Professor Aaron Wright on all things “Decentralised Autonomous Organisations” (DAOs) and the law. Aaron shares on the meaning of DAOs, the evolution of DAOs in the blockchain community (including NFT DAOs), regulatory updates in the State of Wyoming, and the future. Do not miss this episode!
Links:
Blockchain and the Law: https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Law-Rule-Primavera-Filippi/dp/0674976428
The LAO: https://www.thelao.io/
Flamingo DAO: https://flamingodao.xyz/
Wyoming: http://wyomingbankingdivision.wyo.gov/home
Mint & Burn Episode 12: 'The Governance of Digital Spaces' with A. Prof. Nathan Schneider & Prof. Ellie Rennie
Show Notes:
In this thoughtful conversation between media scholars, we discuss cultural approaches to the governance of digital spaces, highlight observations about how the blockchain space relates to other examples of community, point to alternative sources of relevant literature for approaching this, and highlight the subjectivity of ‘decentralisation’ and economically aligning participation.
Links:
Schneider, N. (2018). ‘Decentralization: an incomplete ambition’. Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (4), 265-285. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17530350.2019.1589553
Schneider, N, et. al. (2020). ‘Modular Politics: Towards a Governance Layer for Online Communities’. https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.13701
Mint & Burn Episode 11: 'The Politics of Digital Encryption’ with Linda Monsees & As. Prof. Chris Berg
Show Notes:
In this dynamic episode, we discuss the hugely relevant social sciences topic of 'the politics of digital encryption'. Digital encryption is a security technology that is fundamental to the functioning of public blockchains. We speak with Dr Linda Monsees on history, politics, stakeholders, winners, & losers, based on her book "Cryptopolitics".
Links:
Monsees, Linda (2020). Crypto-Politics: Encryption and Democratic Politics in the Digital Era. London, Routledge.
**20% discount from the publisher on paperback using the code FLR40 at checkout
Monsees, Linda (2020). “Cryptoparties: empowerment in internet security?”, Internet Policy Review, DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1508. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/cryptoparties-empowerment-internet-security.
Mint & Burn Episode 10: 'DeFi & Data Markets' with Oasis Labs Luca Consentino, Dist. Prof. Jason Potts, & As. Prof. Chris Berg
Show Notes:
In this episode, we discuss decentralised finance and the future of data markets with Luca Cosentino, early hire at Oasis Labs project, from Berkeley University. We talk about data tokens, the user control web, privacy, and regulation.
Links:
Oasis Labs: https://www.oasislabs.com/
Founder Dawn Song: https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/song.html
Blockchain at Berkeley: https://blockchain.berkeley.edu/
Oasis blog: https://medium.com/oasis-protocol-project/driving-innovation-with-differential-privacy-620a31e3d61f
Mint & Burn Episode 9: 'The Law & Taxation of NFTs' with Prof. Marta Poblet, Dr Aaron Lane, & Dr Lizzie Morton
Show Notes:
In this NFTs special episode, members of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub explore the legal and taxation treatment of these digital assets, including classification, questions, and issues. Are they property? Are they capital gains tax events? Note: this is not to be regarded as financial or legal advice.
Links:
Twitter thread on the fragility of NFT storage:
‘Non-fungible Tokens and the New Patronage Economy’ by Chris Berg: https://www.coindesk.com/non-fungible-tokens-new-patronage-economy
Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrencies in Australia: https://www.ato.gov.au/general/gen/tax-treatment-of-crypto-currencies-in-australia---specifically-bitcoin/
Mint & Burn Episode 8: ‘NFTs a New Markets’ With Prof. Jason Potts, Prof. Ellie Rennie, A. Prof. Chris Berg & prof. Sinclair Davidson
Show Notes:
"Non-fungible tokens" or "NFTs" have exploded as a new market in terms of adoption and mainstream awareness in recent weeks. After doing numerous radio and TV interviews, members of the RMIT team comes together to explore economic and cultural perspectives on how to explain this trend in adoption, opportunities, potential risks, and possibilities in the digital asset economy in this special episode.
Links:
Opensea NFT marketplace: https://opensea.io/
Mint & Burn Episode 7: ‘Constitutions, Blockchains, & Governance’ with Dr Eric Alston & Dr Darcy Allen
Show Notes:
In this fantastic conversation, Eric describes the practice of constitutional design and how blockchain-based systems can operate as constitutions. We cover constitutional amendments in this context, entry and exit costs, 'permissionless' blockchains, and some of Ostrom's approach to governing the commons for an approachable, insightful discussion on blockchain governance.
Links:
Eric Alston, https://www.colorado.edu/business/leeds-directory/faculty/eric-c-alston
Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet titled ‘Constitutions and Blockchains: Competitive Governance of Fundamental Rule Sets’, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3358434, 2019.
Eric Alston, ‘Can Permissionless Blockchains Avoid Governance and the Law’ in Notre Dame’s Journal of Emerging Technologies, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676761, 2020.
Ginsburg, Tom, Constitutional Endurance. COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, p. 112, Tom Ginsburg and Rosalind Dixon, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1899636
Lawrence Lessig, Codev2, https://lessig.org/product/codev2/, 2006.
University of Colorado, Office of Space Optimization, https://www.colorado.edu/space-optimization/
Mint & Burn Episode 6: 'Digital Identity & Blockchain' with Kaliya Young, Prof. Jason Potts, & Prof. Ellie Rennie
Show Notes:
In this episode, we speak with "identity woman" Kaliya Young, who has been working on decentralised identifiers for over 15 years, a more expressive data type for self-certification on the web.
Links:
Kaliya’s website: https://identitywoman.net/
Twitter: @IdentityWoman
Privacy, Surveillance, Anonymity Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psa-today-privacy-surveillance-anonymity/id1464323110
Decentralized Identity Foundation: https://identity.foundation/
Credentials Community Group (W3C): https://www.w3.org/community/credentials/
RSA Conference: https://www.rsaconference.com/
Vaccination Credential Initiative: https://vaccinationcredential.org/
Mint & Burn Episode 5: 'Ethereum & Financial Alchemy' with Dan Robinson & Dr Vijay Mohan
Show Notes:
Dan is a researcher at Paradigm, a lawyer, and a software developer. In this episode, we partner him up with economist Vijay to discuss the state of Ethereum “as a dark forest”, Uniswap’s “financial alchemy”, and coming developments in DeFi; including decentralised exchanges (DEXs) and automatic market makers (AMMs).
Links:
Paradigm:
Ethereum is a Dark Forest:
https://medium.com/@danrobinson/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest-ecc5f0505dff
Uniswap’s Financial Alchemy:
https://research.paradigm.xyz/uniswaps-alchemy
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Twitter: @mintandburnRMIT
Mint & Burn Episode 4: ‘Designing Agoric Markets’ with Mark Miller, Bill Tulloh, Prof. Jason Potts, & Prof. Sinclair Davidson
Show Notes:
This episode takes a deep dive into the "Agoric papers" of the 1980s, the computational and market mechanisms behind Agoric markets, cryptoeconomic design, and blockchain security with incredible insights from early cypherpunk and computer programmer Mark Miller, and economist Bill Tulloh.
Links:
Markets and Computation: Agoric Open Systems by Mark S. Miller and K. Eric Drexler
This paper examines markets as a model for computation and proposes a framework for applying the power of market mechanisms to the software domain.
Incentive Engineering: for Computational Resource Management by K. Eric Drexler and Mark S. Miller
This paper describes algorithms (including algorithms for auctions and negotiation) for the allocation of processor time and storage space.
Comparative Ecology: A Computational Perspective by Mark S. Miller and K. Eric Drexler
This paper compares different evolutionary models to produce systems of greater competence than those we can directly design.
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Twitter: @mintandburnRMIT
Mint & Burn Episode 3: ‘Blockchain Governance & Ethics’ with Prof. Kevin Werbach and Dr Chris Berg
Show Notes:
Well known author and legal scholar Kevin Werbach discusses 'Blockchain Governance & Ethics' with us, including blockchain and the law, government approaches to blockchain, and the geo-politics of blockchains.
Links:
The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust (Information Policy), MIT Press, 2018.
http://trusttheblockchain.net/
After The Digital Tornado, Cambridge, 2020.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/after-the-digital-tornado/B746434A076A9EC7FD10AF12D69E6EA4
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Twitter: @mintandburnRMIT
Mint & Burn Episode 2: ‘Blockchain Code as Antitrust Law’ with Thibault Schrepel and Dr Aaron Lane
Show Notes:
Mint & Burn is the academic analysis of blockchain and other technologies in the decentralised digital economy. Hosted by Kelsie Nabben and the RMIT University Blockchain Innovation Hub. We interview academics, discuss interesting publications and denote academic rigor to test frontier ideas. This podcast is for academics, industry, policymakers, and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the digital age.
This is episode number 2 of Mint & Burn with Dr Thibault Schrepel, a Stanford University Faculty Associate and Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, along with resident expert from RMIT University Dr Aaron Lane, on ‘blockchain code as antitrust law’.
Links:
Dr Thibault Shrepel
https://thibaultschrepel.com/en/
Dr Aaron Lane
https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/l/lane-dr-aaron#collapseOne
Thibault Schrepel and Vitalik Buterin, ‘Blockchain Code as Antitrust’, 2020.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3597399
Frank Easterbrook, ‘Cyberspace and The Law of the Horse’, 1996.
Lawrence Lessig, ‘Code is Law’
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2000/01/code-is-law-html
Lawrence Lessig, ‘Codev2’, 2006 (based on ‘Code is Law’).
Thibault Schrepel, ‘Is Blockchain the Death of Antitrust Law? The Blockchain Antitrust Paradox’, 2018.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3193576
Ohio versus American Express Co. Court Case, Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_v._American_Express_Co.
Sinclair Davidson, Primavera De Filippi & Jason Potts, ‘Blockchains and the economic institutions of capitalism’, 2018.
European Commission, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Blockchain, 2020.
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/legal-and-regulatory-framework-blockchain
Blockchain Courses, RMIT Online
https://online.rmit.edu.au/business-finance/blockchain
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
@mintandburnRMIT
Mint & Burn Episode 1: ‘Intro to Cryptoeconomics with Professor Jason Potts and Professor Sinclair Davidson
Show Notes:
Mint & Burn is the academic analysis of blockchain and other technologies in the decentralised digital economy. Hosted by Kelsie Nabben and the RMIT University Blockchain Innovation Hub to bring you interesting guests, publications and experts to test frontier ideas in these critical and emerging industries. This podcast is for academics, industry, policymakers, and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the digital age.
This is episode 1, with guests Professor Jason Potts and Professor Sinclair Davidson from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, on ‘Foundations of Cryptoeconomics’ and ‘The Digital Consequences of the Pandemic’.
Links:
Professor Jason Potts:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/p/potts-professor-jason#collapseOne
Professor Sinclair Davidson:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/d/davidson-professor-sinclair
‘The digital consequences of the pandemic’ (blog): https://medium.com/@cryptoeconomics/the-digital-consequences-of-the-pandemic-73aa4b04aad0
‘Unfreeze: how to create a high growth economy after the pandemic’ (book):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1630692034
Bitcoin white paper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub: https://rmitblockchain.io/
@mintandburnRMIT