The BlockchainGov Newsletter #7 | November Monthly Report
Another month, another monthly update. Welcome to the seventh issue of the BlockchainGov’s newsletter. November has been a packed month, filled with exciting activities and research for BlockchainGov. Get ready for a detailed recap of all our engagements in this issue. Without further ado, let's delve into the highlights!
I. Research
The always prolific Morshed Mannan has published two new articles this month. The first is part of the volume “Co-operation and Co-operatives in 21st-Century Europe”, edited by Bristol University Press. It’s titled “The Promise and Perils of Corporate Governance-by-Design in Blockchain-Based Collectives: The Case of dOrg” and you can access it, through your institution, here. The second article, ‘Platform Cooperatives and Poverty Eradication: Building on the Legacy of Johnston Birchall’, is freely available here.
Kelsie Nabben and Primavera de Filippi have authored a new blog post on the tactics of white-hat hacking and how they can help DAOs. You can read about this curious experiment on HackerNoon.
Kelsie also collaborated with Michael Zargham on a new blog post, sharing insights into the outcomes of implementing an LLM as a governance agent. Read the post here and stay updated by following her Substack!
For all the DAOs passionate, this month saw the release of the gigantic live document “Open Problems in DAOs”, featuring an all-star lineup of researchers, including Tara Merk, Joshua Z. Tan, Sarah Hubbard, Eliza R. Oak Morshed Mannan, Kelsie Nabben, Silke Noa Elrifai and more. Read it at this link and keep checking the updated version on Dao Science!
We also participated in the 19th Gitcoin Grant round, which terminated on the 29th. Metagov curated a Research Grant track and BlockchainGov proposed three interesting projects, drawing from the main research tracks at the moment. Take a look at the proposals on Blockchain Constitutionalism, Network Sovereignties and Coordi-Nations and Ethereum Dispute Resolution Ecosystem Mapping. We’ll keep you updated with the results!
One last point, last month we released the EUI final report on Blockchain Constitutionalism research but we missed some authors. The complete authors’ list is the following: Primavera de Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Kelsie Nabben, Sofia Cossar, Jamilya Kamalova, Tara Merk, Silke Noa, Marco Crepaldi and Joshua Dávila.
II. Podcasts
Overthrowing the Network State: Prophets are dangerous and Capital doesn’t care about your feelings
In this episode of OTNS, Josh, and Primavera had the pleasure of speaking with Wassim Alsindi, founder of MIT’s blockchain journal and the 0xSalon research collective based in Trust in Berlin. During the discussion, we spoke about the concepts explored in his pieces Prophet Motives & Knightwork States and Necroprimitivism Rising. Wassim makes interesting connections between, the Crusades, the zero-sum mentality of network states, and capitalism’s capturing of time.
III. Events
On the 1st of the month, Jamilya Kamalova was part of a conversation at the Hong Kong University during the 8th Annual HKU Fintech Day. The title of the conversation is “Shaping the future: Technology and governance to address emerging challenges” and you can rewatch it here.
Morshed Mannan joined the George Washington University Law School Annual Symposium on the 13th of October to discuss the implications of blockchain networks for the legal system and regulations in the crypto landscape. You can find the recording of the conversation at this link.
