Contextual Quote

""Ethereum’s smart-contract architecture has attracted a huge wave of would-be economic engineers, focused not on Bitcoin-style individual sovereignty, but new incentive structures they hope can foster a more balanced and healthy society. Two key examples include Glen Weyl’s "Radical Markets" theories, and the nascent “regenerative economics” discourse spearheaded by Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki and others. It was in that context that a new Twitter account declaring itself “The Blockchain Socialist” appeared on my radar two or three years ago. An accompanying podcast welcomed truly transformative figures like artists Rhea Myers, Ethereum cofounder Amir Taaki and Sci-hub’s Alexandra Elbakyan, who saw the utility of crypto to their widely varied activist projects. The Blockchain Socialist became a nexus for discussions of American economic imperialism and the left-wing case for privacy in particular, two pillars that have helped define positions outside of crypto’s largely libertarian mainstream."

- By David Z. Morris [1]

Key Resources

Articles

Ian Wright on the Blockchain as the Material Foundation for Algorithmic Socialism: "about the potential application of blockchain-like technologies to building socialist institutions."

* Socialism and the Blockchain. By Steve Huckle and Martin White. Future Internet 2016, 8(4), 49 : "...blockchain technologies are not just a Libertarian tool, they also enhance Socialist forms of governance. "

Political Imaginaries of Blockchain Projects

How Can Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Play a Role in Building Social and Solidarity Finance. Brett Scott.

Cryptoeconomics as Commons Economics

Books

Blockchain Radicals. Joshua Dávila. Repeater Books, August 2023 [2]

Platform Socialism

Podcasts

= Influential podcast for the progressive crypto commons community, maintained by [[Joshua Dávila\\ – aka The Blockchain Socialist. [3]

Akseli Virtanen on Designing Post-Capitalism with the Economic Space Agency: "If you’re a leftist interested in the blockchain space, it’s absolutely imperative that you keep up with the work of ECSA."