Purpose This paper aims to examine the key regulatory challenges impacting blockchains, innovative distributed technologies, in the European Union (EU) and the USA. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative perspective underpins the study. This paper relies on primary data from applicable...

This research considers the blockchain technology and more generally peer-to-peer interactions in the light of the democratic theory, with particular regard to the principle of equality of citizens and the concept of individual sovereignty, as recently enabled by the new technologies

In this article, we analyze the winds of change currently blowing on the booming multi-billion dollar global consumer electronics industry. The revolutionary impact of blockchain technology on supply chain management is discussed as well as potential use cases for the consumer electronics...

We postulate that since in complex networks preferential attachment follows fitness, and fitness follows visibility, then the path to value is traceable even for intangible assets. We first focus on a complex economic system – the market for smart contract platforms - and then move to...