tl;drAny time a subgroup defines the values for an entire blockchain community, value alignment turns into compliance.This is the case, for example, when an informal elite ends up defining the ‘objective’ values of its community.Only decentralised communities can be truly aligned.IntroductionThe invention of decentralised public ledgers enabled the rise of crypto coins, NFTs and publicly verifiable digital identities. With it, communities emerged around their production, accumulation and dist...