#governance

Decred Launches Decentralized Governance Protocol Politeia

October 18, 2018 by Shaurya Malwa at Altcoins, Blockchain, Finance, News

Autonomous digital currency Decred announced the launch of Politeia, a much-awaited decision-making system that aids self-governance infrastructure in smart cities, as per a press release on October 16, 2018. Decentralized Governance with Politeia Post the launch of Politeia, stakeholders are in charge of a treasury containing Decred (DCR) tokens worth...

Deep Dive into Futarchy

October 12, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Guides

In Aristotle’s words “Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.” The statement was powerful and highlighted that what lies at the core of democracy is the opinion of the people who are all identified equally. Countries around the world follow the democratic form...

Democracy on the Blockchain: Incentivizing Voter Participation through Cryptoeconomics

Blockchain Technology Could Make True Democracy Feasible Again

October 1, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Blockchain, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

With the Midterm elections on any everyone's mind as people begin to register, a Medium article published September 27, 2018, talked about the benefits that implementing blockchain technology could bring to democracy as a whole. Manipulation of Voting in the Past With evidence recently coming out that Russia may have played...

Ghost Guns and Crypto-Anarchy, an Emerging Philosophy

August 27, 2018 by Eric Czuleger at Altcoins, Bitcoin, News, Regulation, Tech

In August 2018, Defense Distributed, a 3D printed firearm company, poised itself to re-release the blueprints for a handgun. This unleashed a political firestorm between gun rights activists and firearm control enthusiasts. Eventually, a federal judge stopped the distribution. While this was a distribution of information, it was a distribution...

Governance Remains a Big Problem in the Age of new Technology

July 20, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Blockchain, Development, News, Tech

According to Business Development director at Massari's Katherine Wu, when it comes to governance in the cryptocurrency sector, Wu believes it’s important to look at the concept of management on an international level and understand its relationship with the history of politics and law. Wu argued on Token daily that...

DAG Smart City Revolution - How NANO, IOTA, Byteball and Cybervein Play a Role

DAG Smart City Revolution – How NANO, IOTA, Byteball and Cybervein Could Play a Role

June 28, 2018 by Shaurya Malwa at Blockchain, Business, Commentary, Finance, News, Tech

The city of the future is envisioned as using many types of electronic data collection sensors to supply information for managing assets and resources efficiently. While blockchains provide a significant foundation in this regard, the yet-obscure Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG) technology is primed to play a crucial role. The Smart...

Bitfinex Became a Block Producer for the EOS Mainframe from 4 Whales

June 17, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Blockchain, Commentary, News

While EOS launched their mainnet on June 14, 2018, alarming statistics recently emerged when it came down to the EOS Block Producer elections. Community Speaks out According to the EOS Reddit Community, Reddit user 8ce26f noted that Bitfinex received 50 percent of their votes from four large whales. To ensure...

One Step Ahead: How Super Nodes Will Transform Blockchain Data Security

May 24, 2018 by Rob Viglione at Altcoins, Blockchain, Commentary, News, Tech

In this guest post, Rob Viglione, Co-founder of ZenCash, explains the concept of super nodes and how they can be beneficial to a blockchain network. In a 1951 interview, notorious American bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. His response: “Because that’s where the money is.” It’s...

Varyon to Power the First Decentralized Island With Novel Governance Model

May 22, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Ethereum, News, Regulation

A decentralized Utopian island is here! A floating island is being built which will exclusively use the cryptocurrency, Varyon. Varyon is backed by Blue Frontiers a company that is currently working on a Floating Island Project. Floating Island Thesis (Source: Youtube) Blue Frontier is building the floating island in Tahiti...

The Importance of Governance: Analyzing the Aftermath of the Monero Hard Fork

April 16, 2018 by Noah Pierau at Altcoins, Blockchain, Commentary, News

In this Guest Post, Noah Pierau from Decred outlines his views on the aftermath of the Monero hard fork. Every now and then, the ASIC debate stirs up the blockchain community. The most recent stir was caused by the scheduled Monero hard fork. While the ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) debate...

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