Blockchain and the digital economy
Blockchain and distributed ledgers as economic infrastructure: web3, tokenisation, NFTs, smart contracts, digital assets and the digital economy they create.
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Towards legal recognition of Decentralised Autonomous OrganisationsAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Lane, A.M. (2024) · Australian Business Law Review 52: 96–116Institutions to constrain chaotic robots: why generative AI needs blockchainBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2023) · Working paper, SSRNWhy airdrop cryptocurrency tokens?Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Lane, A.M. (2023) · Journal of Business Research 163: 113945Buyback and Burn Mechanisms: Price Manipulation or Value Signalling?Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2022) · Working paper, SSRNCrypto-macroeconomicsPotts, J., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2022) · Book chaptersQuantum crypto-economics: Blockchain prediction markets for the evolution of quantum technologyRohde, P., Mohan, V., Davidson, S., Berg, C., Allen, D. et al. (2021) · Working paper, arXivThe Cryptoeconomics of Cities, Data and SpaceAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Jowett, K., Novak, M. and Potts, J. (2020) · Cosmos + Taxis 8(8+9): 117–129Trustless architecture and the V-form organisationBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · Working paper, SSRNPanic, Information and Quantity Assurance in a PandemicMohan, V., Berg, C. and Poblet, M. (2020) · Working paper, SSRNBlockchain and Investment: An Austrian ApproachAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · The Review of Austrian Economics 34(1): 149–162
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Blockchain and the Evolution of Institutional Technologies: Implications for Innovation PolicyAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Markey-Towler, B., Novak, M. and Potts, J. (2020) · Research Policy 49(1): 103865Blockchain technology as economic infrastructure: Revisiting the electronic markets hypothesisBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · Frontiers in Blockchain 2Capitalism after SatoshiBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 9(2): 152–164Blockchain and the New Economics of HealthcareAllen, D., Berg, C., Pochesneva, A. and Potts, J. (2019) · Working paper, SSRNInternational policy coordination for blockchain supply chainsAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S., Novak, M. and Potts, J. (2019) · Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies 6(3): 367–380Byzantine political economyBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · Working paper, SSRNBlockchains and institutional layering as a new approach to economic developmentAllen, D. and Berg, C. (2019) · Working paper, SSRNTowards Crypto-friendly Public PolicyBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2019) · in Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledgers, World Scientific, pp. 215–232Blockchains as Constitutional OrdersBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · in Wagner, R.E. (eds) James M. Buchanan: A Theorist of Political Economy and Social Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 383–397Outsourcing vertical integration: Distributed ledgers and the V-form organisationBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNBlockchain: An entangled political economy approachAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Novak, M. (2018) · Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 33(2): 105–125Imagining the Blockchain EconomyBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Meanjin 77(2): 104–109Beyond Money: Cryptocurrencies, Machine-Mediated Transactions and High Frequency BarteringBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNLedgersBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2018) · Working paper, SSRNWhat Diplomacy in the Ancient Near East Can Tell Us About Blockchain TechnologyBerg, C. (2017) · Ledger 2: 55–64
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Response to CP 381 Updates to INFO225: Digital assets: Financial products and servicesBerg, C. and Allen, D. (2025) · Submissions and reportsAustralia’s Digital Economy: Why Web3 Innovation Requires Institutional ReformBerg, C., Davidson, S., Fracassi, C. and Potts, J. (2022) · ReportBlockchain: Opportunities and disruptions for real estateSinclair, S., Potts, J., Berg, C., Leshinsky, R. and Kearney, T. (2022) · Report, RMIT UniversityTracer: Perpetual SwapsBerg, C., Garner, R., Webb, L. and Potts, J. (2021) · TracerResponse to Questions on Notice: Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory TechnologyBerg, C., Allen, D.W.E. and Technology, R. (2021) · Submissions and reportsTracer: Peer-to-Peer FinanceBerg, C., Garner, R., Webb, L. and Potts, J. (2021) · TracerSubmission to the Australia and Singapore Digital Cooperation InitiativeAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S., Lane, A.M. and Potts, J. (2019) · Submission to the Australia and Singapore Digital Cooperation Initiative on the SAFTA Digital Economy AgreementOpening statement to House Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue Inquiry into Taxpayer Engagement with the Taxation SystemBerg, C. and Davidson, S. (2017) · Speeches and presentations
Media 11
Blockchain sparks a transformative influence in AustraliaTicker · 10 July 2024
Critiques and alternatives from a former professional libertarianThe Blockchain Socialist · 23 April 2023
Melbourne’s future as a digital cityArt, Design, Media · 7 November 2022The next ten years of the cryptoeconomyAustralian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022Blockchain: the foundation for our economic futureAustralian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022The ability to build everything on everything elseAustralian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022
Treasury management and funding public goodsSCRF Interviews · 10 March 2022Digital assets, today’s technology of freedomGlobal Investor Conference · 11 February 2022
Critiques and alternatives from a former professional libertarianThe Blockchain Socialist · 23 April 2023Melbourne’s future as a digital cityArt, Design, Media · 7 November 2022The next ten years of the cryptoeconomyAustralian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022Blockchain: the foundation for our economic futureAustralian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022The ability to build everything on everything elseAustralian Crypto Convention · 18 September 2022Treasury management and funding public goodsSCRF Interviews · 10 March 2022Digital assets, today’s technology of freedomGlobal Investor Conference · 11 February 2022
Building open-source blockchain economiesMint & Burn · 5 October 2021NFTs as new marketsMint & Burn · 16 March 2021
What are NFTs and are they really worth millions?Breakfast with Sammy J · 15 March 2021Commentary 22
How Web3’s ‘programmable commerce layer’ will transform the global economyWorld Economic Forum · 22 Nov 2022Why a US crypto crackdown threatens all digital commerceAustralian Financial Review · 10 Aug 2022Reliable systems out of unreliable parts29 Jul 2022Non-Fungible Tokens and the New Patronage EconomyCoindesk · 23 Mar 2021What we’ve learned from working with AgoricMedium post · 9 Sep 2020Blockchain innovation and public policyJournal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy · 20 Jun 2020The Crypto-Circular Economy21 Nov 2019Blockchain and the manufacturing industryAustralian Manufacturing Technology · 15 Jun 2019Why Blockchain Technology Could Be the Key to Solving the Developing World’s Biggest Problems7 May 2019The use of knowledge in computers: introducing nanoeconomics30 Dec 2018Should I use a blockchain?9 Nov 2018Opportunities for crypto-havens to capture businessThe Cayman Financial Review · 31 Oct 2018Supply Chains on BlockchainsAPEC Currents · 22 Jun 2018Blockchain is (now) a competitive industryMedium post · 18 May 2018Outsourcing vertical integration: introducing the V-form network27 Mar 2018Tradetech and the problem of international coordinationMedium post · 12 Mar 2018KodakOne could be the start of a new kind of intellectual propertyThe Conversation · 12 Jan 2018The blockchain economy: what should the government do?Medium post · 11 Nov 2017Byzantine political economyMedium post · 25 Oct 2017The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomicsMedium post · 27 Sep 2017