Governance

The island-country’s digital minister has radical ideas for using open-source technology to provide public goods. Her approach is called Plurality and it’s gaining attention a...

By Daniel Kuhn

May 22, 2024 at 9:19 p.m. UTC

May 22, 2024

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Finance

Opinion

Crypto for Advisors: Governance in a Blockchain World

Scott Sunshine discusses how advisors can leverage blockchain-based governance to enhance trust, improve accountability, streamline operations and unlock new investment opport...

By Sarah Morton Scott Sunshine

Apr 4, 2024 at 3:45 p.m. UTC

Apr 4, 2024

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Markets

Opinion

How to Design Better On-Chain Governance

An introduction to Futarchy and combinatorial prediction markets.

By Malte Kliemann

Mar 27, 2024 at 4:22 p.m. UTC

Mar 27, 2024

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

'We've Seen Breakdowns of Trust': Nathan Schneider on How to Democratize the Web

The activist's new book "Governable Spaces" explores ways blockchains can help people experiment with self-governance online.

By Daniel Kuhn

Mar 26, 2024 at 6:59 p.m. UTC

Mar 26, 2024

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UNI price more than doubled since the plan for the revenue sharing mechanism became public on Feb. 23 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Uniswap

Uniswap's UNI Gains 20% as Token Reward Proposal Inches Closer to Approval

Uniswap's reward sharing mechanism, if approved, could inspire other DeFi protocols to follow suit.

By Krisztian Sandor

Mar 6, 2024 at 5:44 p.m. UTC

Mar 6, 2024

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Markets

Uniswap

Uniswap's UNI Jumps 60% on Proposal to Reward Token Holders in Major Governance Overhaul

The upgrade would reward UNI token holders who staked and delegated their tokens, according to the proposal.

By Krisztian Sandor

Feb 23, 2024 at 2:54 p.m. UTC

Feb 23, 2024

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

Ethereum Has Gatekeepers (for Good Reason)

A new, non-standard token standard called ERC-404 circumvented the usual governance process and is capitalizing on a term with an actual definition.

By Daniel Kuhn

Feb 9, 2024 at 8:25 p.m. UTC

Feb 9, 2024

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. (CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Opinion

'Absolute Essentials of Ethereum' by Paul Dylan-Ennis: An Excerpt

How does on-chain and off-chain governance work in Ethereum?

By Paul J. Dylan-Ennis

Feb 7, 2024 at 6:49 p.m. UTC

Feb 7, 2024

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Technology

Security

As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians

The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge these nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by gradually removing them...

By Margaux Nijkerk

Jan 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

Jan 29, 2024