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Governance in Decentralized Ecosystems: A Survey of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger White Papers

Authors:
Petri Honkanen
Magnus Westerlund
Mats Nylund

Keywords: governance; blockchain; distributed ledger technology; decentralized platforms; decentralized ecosystems

Abstract:
For organizations of today, Information Technology (IT) governance is an important part of managing IT investments. To understand how governance is handled in blockchain projects, we surveyed a large body of project white papers to understand the level of organizational maturity in the field. The results show that governance has yet to receive a similar stance in blockchain projects as compared to IT governance in general. We introduce a discussion around implicit versus explicit governance, as to highlight the challenges in simplifying the debate around a level of distributedness, in terms of premissionless (public) and permissioned (private) blockchains.

Pages: 49 to 54

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: May 5, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-703-0

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from May 5, 2019 to May 9, 2019