The BlockchainGov Newsletter #10 | March Monthly Report

Welcome back to BlockchainGov’s monthly report! Spring is here and intriguing projects will emerge through it! But for now, let’s see what happened in the past 31 days!

I. Research

Kelsie Nabben contributed with a chapter in the new Routledge volume on DAOs. The article, called 'DAO Vulnerability Mapping - A Theoretical and Empirical Tool’ draws on the Science & Technology Studies conception of “vulnerability,” to offer an analytical approach to identifying DAO vulnerabilities across multiple dimensions termed “DAO Vulnerability Mapping.” Read it here!

An updated version of ‘Proof of Humanity: Ethnographic Research of a “democratic” DAO’ was released this month, integrating the feedback received from the community on the originally presented findings.

Conducted by Jamilya Kamalova, Sofia Cossar, and Tara Merk, the 2022 research explored which governance dynamics led to the Proof of Humanity DAO’s crisis and the subsequent decision to fork. Find the updated report on our website.

II. Other

Are you a DAO contributor? Jamilya Kamalova needs your help with research on best governance practices. Please spend a few minutes filling out this questionnaire.

And dulcis in fundo, a special news. BlockchainGov has an upcoming volume on MIT Press! Titled ‘Blockchain Governance’ and authored by Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, and Wessel Reijers, the book will be out in the Summer of 2024. An engaging and comprehensive exploration of how fundamental ideas in political and legal thought shape the governance of blockchain communities, and are, in turn, shaped by blockchain technology.

You can already preorder it here!

We will definitely talk about this more in the future, keep your eyes on BlockchainGov!