Ideology, attitudinal positioning, and the blockchain: a social semiotic approach to understanding the values construed in the whitepapers of blockchain start-ups

“Governing the urban commons”: DLT, institutions, and citizens in perspective

“…In fact, Cila et al (2020) note that DLT-based commons can accommodate in an agile and dynamic manner the expression of values as created by the community, which, following Tanenbaum (2014), makes room for a discussion on fundamental issues of ethics, values, and social stances. For instance, Inwood and Zappavigna (2021) report a prevalence of more fundamental, non-institutionalized shared values in blockchain initiatives, which in their case was expressed via trust to individuals as opposed to institutions.…”

Prospects of blockchain governance: Understanding key public values, principles, challenges, and opportunities

“…However, there is still a lack of holistic understanding in both professional and academic literature of how the technology could be fully realized other than in the context of crypto‐security and what public values it could bring with it to these sectors (e.g., political, public, economic, social, technological or academic ones). Several scholars mentioned different public values that could be potentially yielded from the implementation of blockchain‐driven platforms in various public sector areas, such as the generation of democratic participation in using electronic voting platforms, for example, in political and administrative contexts, and decentralized tools to ensure trust and control in public institutional contexts (AlAbri et al, 2022; Benabdallah et al, 2022; Cagigas et al, 2023; Taş & Tanrıöver, 2020; Verma & Sheel, 2022), better management of municipal services in the public sector and promotion of public sector innovations (Abdullah & Jusoh, 2022; Alexopoulos et al, 2019; França et al, 2020; Ghazal et al, 2022; Shari & Malip, 2022; Warkentin & Orgeron, 2020), automation of public information processes (Kassen, 2022; Li & Liang, 2022; Mohamed et al, 2022; Roth et al, 2023; Tailor et al, 2022), increased level of cybersecurity in the financial sector (Aydın & Yükçü, 2022; Mahmood et al, 2022; Nelaturu et al, 2022; Pennino et al, 2022; Sarathy, 2022), collaboration and transparency in advancing more efficient data management and promotion of decentralized information infrastructure platforms in technological contexts (Benchaya Gans et al, 2022; Cila et al, 2020; Inwood & Zappavigna, 2023; Ning et al, 2021; Shuaib et al, 2021). A number of academic works were also concentrated on explaining the phenomena of blockchain per se through the prism of theoretical benefits and challenges it could bring to different sectors of the economy (Arbabi et al, 2022; Habib et al, 2022; Khan, Malik, et al, 2022; Li et al, 2023; Yavuz, 2022) (see Table 1).…”

Disruptive Technologies for e-Diasporas: Blockchain, DAOs, Data Cooperatives, Metaverse, and ChatGPT

“…(i) Blockchain technology offers secure and transparent decentralized systems, enabling efficient and trustworthy transactions (Inwood & Zappavigna, 2021;Rennie et al, 2022). In the context of diaspora engagement, blockchain can facilitate secure cross-border remittances, reducing costs and improving transparency in financial transactions (Viano et al, 2023).…”

“…3. Decentralization: The decentralized nature of blockchain empowers e-diaspora communities to build peer-to-peer networks and circumvent traditional intermediaries, creating opportunities for collaboration and innovation (Inwood & Zappavigna, 2021;Zook, 2023). 4.…”