Nathan Schneider is a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads the Media Economies Design Lab.
Crypto’s Section 230: A Policy Platform for DAOs
A season of spectacular scam-explosions means that regulators are finally taking crypto seriously. Bring it on. The scammers are hiding old-fashioned frauds behind the veil of a confusing new technology, and we have old-fashioned rules for that. But the crackdown is also a chance to encourage the better part of what blockchains have enabled: an explosion of network-native organizational creativity. The leading frameworks for US crypto policy, from the Biden administration’s executive order to...
Crypto’s Section 230: A Policy Platform for DAOs
A season of spectacular scam-explosions means that regulators are finally taking crypto seriously. Bring it on. The scammers are hiding old-fashioned frauds behind the veil of a confusing new technology, and we have old-fashioned rules for that. But the crackdown is also a chance to encourage the better part of what blockchains have enabled: an explosion of network-native organizational creativity. The leading frameworks for US crypto policy, from the Biden administration’s executive order to...
Cryptoeconomics as a Limitation on Governance
Governance practices in distributed-ledger systems have grown increasingly diverse and diffuse, while retaining a commitment to cryptoeconomics—the use of economic incentives to guide user behavior, in tandem with cryptographic technology. In the space of a few years, cryptoeconomics has introduced advances in techniques for self-governance. But reliance on cryptoeconomics also introduces limitations on governance possibilities. Drawing on earlier critiques of how economic logics can erode de...
Cryptoeconomics as a Limitation on Governance
Governance practices in distributed-ledger systems have grown increasingly diverse and diffuse, while retaining a commitment to cryptoeconomics—the use of economic incentives to guide user behavior, in tandem with cryptographic technology. In the space of a few years, cryptoeconomics has introduced advances in techniques for self-governance. But reliance on cryptoeconomics also introduces limitations on governance possibilities. Drawing on earlier critiques of how economic logics can erode de...
