Eric Alston is a Scholar in Residence in the Finance Division at the University of Colorado Boulder. Eric’s research and teaching is centered in the fields of law and economics and institutional and organizational analysis, which he applies to research questions in the development of rights along frontiers, the design and implementation of constitutions, and digital governance challenges with an emphasis on cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks. Eric also consults directly with numerous cryptocurrency networks and DAOs on their specific governance design challenges.In that talk, Eric discussed canonical challenges in governance like representative losses, accommodation of conflict, Knightian uncertainty, and public goods provision to consider how these challenges were borne out in DAO governance. Eric drew upon both his academic publications and his years in digital governance design for cryptocurrency networks and DAOs alike.

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