"trustlessness" is meant to suggest lack of need for third-party verification in blockchain technologies, but the term has been … protocols, the management of cryptocurrency exchanges, the emission of ICOs, and investor recourse to traditional governance … institutions including courts of law. The findings of the chapter therefore suggest that the cryptocurrency space is not "trustless …

, blockchain and the extractive sectors, by considering the potential for blockchain solutions in the mining of high-value diamonds …

This discussion paper considers the role that blockchain-based technologies can play in advancing initiatives … pertaining to environmental sustainability, using the case study of IBM's water management blockchain development in California …. The paper finds that there is substantial room for incorporating blockchain technology into environmental protection and …

exploratory analysis of a “leisured”, yet monetized and technologically coherent, program built on blockchain principles …

This discussion paper examines a possible limitation to the advancement of blockchain: the intrinsic tradeoff between …. decentralization trade-off, the paper argues, may impose a long-term limitation on the growth of blockchain-based technologies …

Whereas blockchain technologies offer various important benefits for securities exchanges, until now their adoption has … potential for future integration of blockchain technologies to improve securities exchanges. This discussion paper considers …

This discussion paper considers the possibilities for bolstering political accountability using blockchain systems, and … installment of blockchain-based technologies. The findings of the paper suggest that similar blockchain architectures can be …

“scarcity” with respect to blockchain technology, through a prism of non-fungibility of a digital asset, and this paper aims to … draw attention to these questions insofar as they may shape an alternative space of blockchain development and exchange …

The emergence of the cryptocurrency as an investment vehicle has brought the phenomenon of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs …