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Velasco González, Pablo and Tkacz, Nathaniel (2020) Blockchain, or, peer production without guarantees. In: O'Neil, M. and Pentzold, C. and Toupin, S., (eds.) Handbook of Peer Production. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 238-253. ISBN 9781119537106
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Abstract
Blockchains are aggregated and distributed databases: shared, chained, and immutable registries that conflate the production of digital tokens with their circulation. At their most basic level, they are technologies for keeping account, or records, of some form of activity, hence they are part of a long lineage of storing data, from clay tablets to bookkeeping. On a technical level, blockchains are peer‐to‐peer (P2P) structures for distributing and storing data. This chapter begins with a historical consideration of the emergence of peer production, including a reevaluation of the work of Yochai Benkler. It shows that peer production was given coherence as a model of production by being contrasted with two other modes (hierarchies and markets) and through the lens of Benkler's economic liberalism. The chapter distinguishes between four moments or aspects of blockchain initiatives that configure peers in different ways: peer production, peer development, peer governance, and peer exchange.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Q Science > QA Mathematics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Digital media, Culture--Economic aspects, Blockchains (Databases) | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Malden, MA | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9781119537106 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Handbook of Peer Production | ||||||
| Editor: | O'Neil, M. and Pentzold, C. and Toupin, S. | ||||||
| Official Date: | 18 December 2020 | ||||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 238-253 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781119537151.ch18 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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