Abstract Web 3.0, as the third generation of the World Wide Web, aims to solve
contemporary problems of trust, centralization, and data ownership. Driven by the latest …

Smart contracts are contractual agreements between participants of a blockchain, who
cannot implicitly trust one another. They are software programs that run on top of a …

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based organizations that
facilitate decentralized governance. Today, DAOs not only hold billions of dollars in their …

For digital assets, is traditional corporate governance still ideal? We explore the governance
of hundreds of prominent Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), classifying 28 …

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) resemble early online communities,
particularly those centered around open-source projects, and present a potential empirical …

Purpose This paper examines to what extent blockchain creates legitimacy and trust in
different modes of public governance. It posits that while blockchain aims for political …

This article explores the evolution of crypto-anarchy, tracing its origins from the cypherpunk
movement to the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) and its transformative effects on legal …

In the PoS blockchain landscape, the challenge of achieving full decentralization is often
hindered by a disproportionate concentration of staked tokens among a few validators. This …

Since the 19th century, political reformers have proposed broadening civic and corporate
governance by allowing voters to delegate to any other voter—sometimes known as liquid …

Voting is a cornerstone of collective participatory decision-making in contexts ranging from
political elections to decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Despite the …