Blockchain Democracy - Technology, Law and the Rule of the Crowd

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Blockchain: 1. The origins of the blockchain; 2. The technology of the blockchain; 3. Blockchain in the world; Part II. Weak Links: 4. Crypto-criminals; 5. The energy hunt; 6. The penumbra problem; Part III. The Future of Decentralization: 7. How to govern technology; 8. Technology and the rule of the crowd; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

William Magnuson is an associate professor at Texas A & M Law School. He teaches and writes about corporations, technology, and finance. Prior to joining Texas A & M, he taught law at Harvard University, Massachusetts, worked as an associate at Sullivan and Cromwell in New York, and served as a journalist in the Rome bureau of the Washington Post.

Summary

Magnuson provides a captivating account of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain while revealing broader lessons about what happens when technology runs up against the law, markets, and human nature. This book will appeal to anyone interested in understanding how technology is changing our democracy, and how democracy is changing technology.

Additional text

'Blockchain Democracy is a thoughtful and valuable book. It describes the many ways that blockchain technology is being used around the world not only by an assortment of eccentric and entertaining characters but also by far more conventional banks, companies and governments. Magnuson maneuvers skillfully between devotees and naysayers, laying out the advantages and disadvantages of distributed systems that encode democracy but cannot escape its discontents.' Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America

Product details

• Authors: William Magnuson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781108482363
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48236-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; LAW / General, Information technology industries, financial law, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Legal aspects of IT, Financial law: general, Internet & Www Industries, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects