Category Archives: Blockchain

Is Blockchain Hashing an Effective Method for Electronic Governance?

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

My paper with Oleksii Konashevych on the use of the blockchain for e-governance is now published. Check out the online version at: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/50851 Abstract Governments across the world are testing different uses of the blockchain for the delivery of their … Continue reading →

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Distributed, privacy-enhancing technologies in the 2017 Catalan referendum on independence: New tactics and models of participatory democracy

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

My paper on how civic groups leveraged distributed technologies in the 2017 Catalan referendum on independence is now available at First Monday. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/9402/7692 Abstract This paper examines new civic engagement practices unfolding during the 2017 referendum on independence in Catalonia. … Continue reading →

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