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Abstract

This position article brings together perspectives from social sciences, computer science and economy to interrogate the emerging meanings of value produced by Distributed Autonomous Organizations (DAO). We explore this process in the context of the wider political economy enabled by Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and Smart Contracts (SC). The article then questions the ways in which the current implementations of DAO reflect the various regimes of value and the emergent possibilities to rethink the social contract.

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This study was supported by the:
  • UK EPSRC (Award EP/N023242/1)
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Keyword(s): autonomy; blockchain; DAO; design; political economy; Smart Contracts; value
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