Can blockchain expand global commoning practices?

2022-07-28
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Antonio De La Iglesia

In recent years, the growing need for worldwide coordination has generated public interest concerning the governance of global commons. Can novel technologies, such as blockchain, play a role in this area?

Building on Commons-Based Peer Production (CBPP) literature, the article Analysis of the Potentials of Blockchain for the Governance of Global Digital Commons by David Rozas, Ámbar Tenorio, and Samer Hassan, investigates the potentialities of blockchain for the management of global digital commons. Examples of these global digital commons are those generated and maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation or by large Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities.