--- title: "Blockchain as a confidence machine — The problem of trust & challenges of governance" tags: date: authors: --- link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101284 # Summary # Extracts # Notes Since ## Highlights - Blockchain technology is not a trustless technology but rather a confidence machine. - Blockchain technology increase confidence in the operations of a computational system. - Confidence in a blockchain system depends upon its underlying governance structure. - The governance of a blockchain system requires trusting a distributed web of actors. - Constitutional & polycentric governance theory can help improve blockchain governance. # Related