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Blockchain Governance Design a Computer Science Perspective

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Blockchain-based DAOs and governance frameworks have emerged, however limited research has been done on the governance foundations of blockchain networks. In blockchain networks decisions are made through a collaborative and consensus building design mechanism. Such a governance process is complex, dynamic, and challenging. This paper presents blockchain governance design from a computer science perspective. We do so by exploring concepts such as decentralization, blockchain governance, Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and a novel modeling approach on blockchain governance namely DECENT. In this paper, we presented why conceptual modeling is a design requirement for blockchain governance. Researchers can use the DECENT modeling approach as a reference framework for blockchain governance design, such as empirical and comparative case studies.

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Notes

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    https://www.wired.com/story/web3-gavin-wood-interview/.

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    https://dise-lab.nl/.

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    https://compound.finance/.

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    https://app.uniswap.org/.

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    https://ens.domains/.

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    https://aragon.org/.

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    https://makerdao.com/.

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    https://makerdao.com/zh-CN/whitepaper/.

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    https://dao.molochdao.com/.

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    https://daostack.io/.

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    https://medium.com/daostack/holographic-consensus-part.

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    https://dise-lab.nl/.

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Wang, Y., Kaya, F., Gordijn, J. (2023). Blockchain Governance Design a Computer Science Perspective. In: Ruiz, M., Soffer, P. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops. CAiSE 2023. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 482. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34985-0_18

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