On the property of blockchains: comments on an emerging literature

2019/10/02 by J. Z. Garrod, Joel Z. Garrod · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance #Sharing Economy and Platforms

paper · doi:10.1080/03085147.2019.1678316

openalex publication_date 2019/10/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The last few years have seen the emergence of a growing academic literature on the blockchain. On one side are the supporters, who see its potential to create a true, peer-to-peer (p2p) sharing economy. On the other side are the critics, who argue that the blockchain is more likely to reproduce capitalism than to disrupt it. Using the insights generated by the critical literature on the blockchain, this paper seeks to ask new questions and provide new insights about the development of this technology and how it is likely to transform the global political economy through its capacity to enforce global property rights.

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