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title: "Cryptodemocracy: How Blockchain Can Radically Expand Democratic Choice"
author: "Berg, C.; Lane, A.M.; Allen, D.W.E."
date: "2019-06-27"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/2019/06/cryptodemocracy-how-blockchain-can-radically-expand-democratic-choice/"
type: "Books"
published_in: "Books"
topics: "Democracy and elections"
---

# Cryptodemocracy: How Blockchain Can Radically Expand Democratic Choice

![](https://chrisberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cryptodemocracy.png)

*With Darcy WE Allen and Aaron M Lane*.*Lexington Books, 2019*

This book investigates the theoretical and practical implications of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies for democratic decision making. What new structures of democracy does blockchain technology enable? A cryptodemocracy is cryptographically-secured collective choice infrastructure on which individuals coordinate their voting property rights. Drawing on economic and political theory, a cryptodemocracy is a more fluid and emergent form of collective choice. This book examines these theoretical characteristics before exploring specific applications of a cryptodemocracy in labor bargaining and corporate governance. The analysis of the characteristics of a more emergent and contractual democratic process has implications for a wide range of collective choice.

[Coming soon from Lexington Books](https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498579636/Cryptodemocracy-How-Blockchain-Can-Radically-Expand-Democratic-Choice)