Competition regulators have identified the potential for blockchain technology to disrupt traditional sponsor …, however, have forced blockchain-based platforms to adopt a strategy of progressive decentralization, delaying decentralization … implications for blockchain’s procompetitive potential, have yet to be explored. This Article first identifies the origin of this …

decentralized, open networks based on blockchain technologies. Blockchain technology built on a consensus mechanism can make … companies as they often have the best resources and knowledge to increase innovation. On the other hand, although blockchain … particularly high in private blockchains. Therefore, the success of blockchain relies on the trust of people in this new technology …

fundamental in keeping block-chain markets open and free. Rather than leading to the death of antitrust and regulation, block-chain …Similar to the Internet Era, which generated new value chains based on digital marketplaces, the block-chain has the … potential to be the next cutting-edge technology which will revolutionize markets. Block-chain technology built on a consensus …

of public permissionless blockchains. On this basis, one may identify a “blockchain nucleus,” i.e., a set of participants … collaborating to ensure and maximize the blockchain survival by “controlling” it all together. Antitrust and competition law becomes …