Author: Wessel Reijers et al. Published: Ledger Journal
This paper focuses on the supposed potential of blockchain technologies to transform political institutions central to contemporary human societies — money, property rights regimes, and systems of democratic governance. Drawing on the philosophical works of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Rawls, it analyzes blockchain governance in terms of contrasting social contract theories, examining justifications of governance, sovereignty, the initial situation, decentralization, and distributive justice.
Directly relevant to self-governance and the theoretical foundations of Network Nations.
Link: Ledger Journal