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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our AOW this week is: Digital sovereignties in a blockchain age, by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Edemilson Paraná. A useful contribution for thinking about sovereignty as increasingly plural, relational, and socio-technical in the blockchain age. By Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Edemilson Paraná.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another Recommended reading: The Elgar Companion to the Geopolitics of Digital Sovereignty: Contested Networks, Territories and Self-determination, edited by Georg Glasze, Amaël Cattaruzza, Finn Dammann & Frédérick Douzet. Open Access available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📚 Recommended reading: Free Flow of Information: Hegemony, Contestation, and International Law by Wanshu Cong. At a moment when AI is reshaping how information is produced, circulated, owned, and governed, this book offers essential historical context.

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Free Flow of Information

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This months newsletter is out! It's all about Exit to Community. Read it here: blockchaingov.substack.com/p/the-blockc...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

How does platform ownership shape worker power and risk? This weeks AOW compares Corporate, Cooperative & DAO-based digital labor platforms, and examines how different governance models redistribute worker voice, harms and entrepreneurial risk.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined our virtual launch party yesterday! 🎉📚 We’re so happy to have How to Exit to Community: A Cookbook for Blockchain Communities out in the world. The book is live now on Metalabel. Find it here: metalabel-o4trzb8.metalabel.com/record_de3nd...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Don't miss the launch of our latest book! How to Exit to Community: A Cookbook for Blockchain Communities, by Tara Merk, Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Nathan Schneider, and Danny Spitzberg. 📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Come celebrate the launch of our latest book: How to Exit to Community: A Cookbook for Blockchain Communities, by Tara Merk, Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Nathan Schneider, and Danny Spitzberg. 📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

AOW of this week is a reflection on polycentricity & panacea 👽🤍 Or more precicely: how polycentric governance impacts trust and legitimacy across digital governance in a broader sense.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

New open-access book: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives, edited by Michael Lustenberger, Florian Spychiger & Lukas Küng. Available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Decentralized Autonomous Organizations—Governance, Technology, and Legal Perspectives

This open access book explores the transformative world of DAOs, where decentralized governance meets blockchain technology

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Some photos from this weekend at @DWebCamp 🌲✨ BlockchainGov’s Tara Merk, Primavera De Filippi, and Lovisa Björna hosted sessions on Network Nations, Entanglement, Exit to Community, Symbients, and Cooperative Data Centres. Thank you to everyone we met, learned from, and shared ideas with.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This months newsletter is out! A full download of the in-person events of June, new research and activity in the realm of Network Sovereignty + a lot of Exit 2 Community updates. 👀 Catch up with us here: open.substack.com/pub/blockcha...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

DAWO is kicking off! 🚀 We’re especially excited that Jamilya Kamalova will lead the Legal Analysis track — one of four parallel sessions exploring the future of DAOs across governance, law, organisational theory, AI, DeFi, privacy, democracy, networks, and real-world use cases.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This months newsletter is out! In the May edition: Data Centre Governance, Protocol Art, new reports and podcasts, (a lot of) event updates, summer plans, and forthcoming research. 👀 Catch up with us here!

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The BlockchainGov Newsletter #33 | May 2026

May took us from Data Centers to Protocol Art. Read this month’s newsletter for new milestone reports, podcasts, event updates, summer plans, and forthcoming research.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

How can communities take back control of the digital infrastructure that powers everyday life? In the latest episode of The Good Robot Tara Merk speaks to Eleanor Drage about how community-owned data centers could transform digital ownership and challenge the dominance of Big Tech.

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The Battle Over Data Centers with Tara Merk

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Tara Merk just released a new (very timely) report on cooperative AI infrastructure📄 ⌛️ The report shows that power in AI does not sit only in data or code. It also sits in the buildings, servers, energy contracts, and ownership structures that determine who gets to build AI in the first place.

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Cooperative Data Centers: Lessons from GAD eG | Platform Cooperativism Consortium

Tara Merk’s report uses GAD eG to show that power in AI does not sit only in data or code. It also sits in the buildings, servers, energy contracts, and ownership structures that decide who gets to…

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Call for papers 📃 for the new Digital Publics Conference, bringing together researchers on how digital technologies reshape public life. Topics include: civic tech, platform regulation, opinion formation, political deliberation, information flows and collective decision-making.

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Call for Papers & Save the Date: 1st Annual Digital Publics Conference

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Security does not stop at the protocol. At a time when digital security is becoming increasingly urgent, the book shows how security works in decentralised networks - and why this matters for digital security more broadly.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Our bonus recommendation this week is this useful contribution to understanding how blockchain becomes institutionally meaningful. “Blockchain for Good” shows how blockchain ventures mobilize imagined possibilities for action to build a field around social impact. Author: Paula Ungureanu

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

As organisations become increasingly mediated by AI, the question is not only what knowledge is captured, but who governs how it is organised, reused, and interpreted. This article from last year written by @ElinorRennie introduces Telescope + KOI.

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Network Nations Alliance @networknations.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Network Nations can be understood as a recurring civilizational pattern. ‼️⌛️⏳ In this essay from 2025 Michel Bauwens provides a deep dive in the macrohistorical patterns of Network Sovereignties & makes three claims that are especially relevant today:

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We are pleased to share that BlockchainGov's Sofía Cossar (@CossarSofia) has received a grant from JUST Open Source Stiftung and that the first research output will be released soon! We look forward to sharing new research on open, inclusive, and legitimate digital infrastructure with you all.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Highlighting our Devconnect presentation on the Argentina Onchain Residency - the residency that made the foundation for our report, Participatory Unblocking of Blockchain Use Cases. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inr6... Read the Report: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

While the debate rages on whether crypto solves real problems or stays stuck in speculation, BlockchainGov’s latest report offers concrete evidence of a better path. Today we release our latest report(!)

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

In times of increased institutional upheaval, it remains important to think about creative ways to strengthen the governance systems of the world. This weeks AOW from @ntsndr & Johannes Bennke, focuses specifically on whether and how, protocols can become themselves areas of sovereignty.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

How do blockchain networks govern themselves, and who decides? Project Liberty Institute & BlockchainGov present a comparative governance study across 11 major protocols. This interdisciplinary report lays the groundwork for a forthcoming Manual on Best Practices. Another classic.

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Blockchain Governance Toolkit // our governance cookbook 🍳 walks you through the inherent trade-offs present while designing a decentralized governance system. blockchaingov.eu/the-blockcha...

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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Struggling to navigate the intricacies of blockchain governance? Consider stepping beyond social media discourse and immersing yourself in some academic literature: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254905...

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