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Understanding the Blockchain Economy

An Introduction to Institutional Cryptoeconomics

Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts

Blockchains are the distributed ledger technology that powers Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But blockchains can be used for more than the transfer of tokens – they are a significant new economic infrastructure. This book offers the first scholarly analysis of the economic nature of blockchains and the shape of the blockchain economy. By applying the institutional economics of Ronald Coase and Oliver Williamson, this book shows how blockchains are poised to reshape the nature of firms, governments, markets, and civil society.

Monograph Book

Published:
30 August 2019
ISBN:
9781788974998
eISBN:
9781788975001
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975001
Pages:
c 224
Collection: Economics 2019
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Chapter 3: The universal Turing institution

Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts

Monograph Chapter

Published:
30 August 2019
Category:
Monograph Chapter
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975001.00008
Pages:
37–53 (17 total)
Collection: Economics 2019

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This chapter considers blockchains as constitutional orders. Blockchains compete and complement with firms, markets, governments, clubs, and the commons. Additionally, their versatility (the constitution can be varied for each application) allow them to adopt the characteristics of other institutions. The authors call this the ‘universal Turing institution’. The chapter then explores the dynamics of institutional and constitutional innovation in distributed ledgers.

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