Government decentralisation (GD) can provide an alternative to the ‘build in’ accountability mechanism of markets by influencing the choice of and preference for public versus private health care. To test this hypothesis, this paper exploits the gradual decentralisation of the political...

The Cypherpunks were terrified of surveillance. They envisaged the combination of cryptography and computer technology fundamentally altering the nature of trust and reputation. Now, not just on chain transactions but every move of participants in blockchain communities is being tracked....

This paper introduces the most comprehensive data available to date on centralized and decentralized exchanges run off of distributed ledger technologies. First, we document the rapid growth in decentralized exchanges and their differences in volume and price dynamics from centralized exchanges....

The ultimate resilience is immortality. Blockchain communities have long-standing links with transhumanism through the cryptographers, cypherpunks, and extropians. Now, blockchain communities are actively embracing and funding life extension technologies. This embodiment of self-enhancing...

The interest in decentralized financial markets and cryptoassets is growing steadily, with by now an operationalized asset volume and assets under management (AUM) accounting towards a monetary equivalent of several billion USD. With growing public and investment interest, an intense academic...

This paper examines the decentralization of employment using zip code data on employment by industry. Most American cities are decentralized on average less than 16 percent of employment in metropolitan areas is within a three mile radius of the city center. In decentralized cities, the classic...

In this paper, we construct a decentralized clearing mechanism which endogenously and automatically provides a claims resolution procedure. This mechanism can be used to clear a network of obligations through blockchain. In particular, we investigate default contagion in a network of smart...

Uniswap is one of the largest decentralized exchanges with a liquidity balance of over 3 billion USD and daily trading volume of over 700 million USD. It is designed as a system of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, and is a new model of liquidity provision, so called automated market...

In this paper, we consider the concept of a 1-tier national monetary system based on a digital sovereign currency issued by a central bank. In contrast to the approach, based on a centralized technical infrastructure, used in most, if not all, CBDC projects, we suggest to use a decentralized...

In this research, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are approached, from an aspect of representation, executive function and acts of administration in contemporary governments. A study is carried out on Blockchain technology in harmony with the current social participation circumstances,...