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.