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Blockchain Networks as Knowledge Commons

Researchers interested in blockchains are increasingly attuned to questions of governance, including how blockchains relate to government, the ways blockchains are governed, and ways blockchains can improve prospects for successful self-governance.

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By Jennifer B. Murtazashvili
Published on Jun 16, 2022

The International Journal of the Commons

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Jennifer B. Murtazashvili

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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