The myths and legends of king Satoshi and the knights of blockchain

Faustino, Sandra; Faria, Inês; Marques, Rafael

doi:10.1080/17530350.2021.1921830

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“…its aspired decentralized structure) and inspires the structuration of a shared sociality among supporters. The act of exchange itself becomes the mundane realization of myths that organize the origin and boundaries of the community while also representing individual members as romantic heroes at the brink of a social and economic revolution (Faustino et al 2022). From my own experience, this gnostic dimension accompanies most new crypto projects, even those that aim towards financial pragmatism, at least at the discursive level.…”

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confidence: 95%

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Crypto Crowds

2024

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Ownership of cryptocurrencies features contrasting forms of mobilization. On one hand, it denotes association with a global crowd of unrelated individual investors, which expands as it attracts more members. On the other hand, it includes participation in grassroots communities, which are generally more insular. Crypto Crowds demonstrates how this tension generates political, economic and moral realities in different cultural and geographical contexts. Pioneering in its approach to cryptocurrency trading, this volume will inspire scholars interested in the sociality of decentralized business models, boom-and-bust cycles on the blockchain, libertarian utopias and other postmodern crowding phenomena.

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Section: To Contemporarymentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Participation in these communities included ongoing ideological discussions on the scope of financial decentralization and on the algorithmic automation of trust, both of which are still considered to be key concepts in the world of crypto that also expose a certain millenarian dimension (cf. Faustino et al 2022).…”

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Crypto Crowds

2024

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“…The foundation of blockchain emerged in a 2008 white paper written by Nakamoto [104]. A blockchain is a digital database of transactions that is duplicated and dispersed over the entire blockchain network.…”

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Metaverse for Healthcare: A Survey on Potential Applications, Challenges and Future Directions

et al. 2023

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The rapid progress in digitalization and automation have led to an accelerated growth in healthcare, generating novel models that are creating new channels for rendering treatment at reduced cost. The Metaverse is an emerging technology in the digital space which has huge potential in healthcare, enabling realistic experiences to the patients as well as the medical practitioners. The Metaverse is a confluence of multiple enabling technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, internet of medical devices, robotics, quantum computing, etc. through which new directions for providing quality healthcare treatment and services can be explored. The amalgamation of these technologies ensures immersive, intimate and personalized patient care. It also provides adaptive intelligent solutions that eliminates the barriers between healthcare providers and receivers. This article provides a comprehensive review of the Metaverse for healthcare, emphasizing on the state of the art, the enabling technologies to adopt the Metaverse for healthcare, the potential applications, and the related projects. The issues in the adaptation of the Metaverse for healthcare applications are also identified and the plausible solutions are highlighted as part of future research directions.INDEX TERMS Metaverse, healthcare, virtual reality, digital twin, cybersecurity.

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“…To recognize that technology is implicated in this manner in the production of collective visions of futures recognizes that computer scientists and engineers are critical participants in propagating ideas about the nature, purposes, and social significance of their work, making it particularly important to understand how they participate in the creation of particular imaginaries attached to technology. While it has been scrutinized already how blockchain mythical narratives contribute to create a quasi-religious romanticism of the crypto scene towards this technology in terms of a financial revolution (Faustino et al, 2021; Swarz, 2017, Maurer et al, 2013), this work aims at unpacking blockchain experts’ conception of social good more in depth. Starting from an understanding of the blockchain scene as a nuanced and heterogenous one, and not only monolithically characterized by the presence of anarcho-libertarian positions (Golumbia, 2016), in the next sections, I will try to trace a common line between social imaginaries among a broad spectrum of experts who experiment with blockchain technology with the aspiration to create social impact.…”

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“…These affordances have been extensively discussed as a sociotechnical solution with the potential to enable individuals and communities to redefine their interactions in politics, business, and society at large, countering the centralization of the web (Tapscott and Tapscott, 2016;Swan, 2015). While the impact of blockchain technology on the financial sphere has garnered significant attention (Nelms et al, 2018;Swartz, 2017;Faustino et al, 2021), there has been comparatively less research on its applications in the social realm. Previous works have critically analysed blockchain affordances in terms of privacy (see De Filippi, 2016) or human rights (Beduschi, 2019); nevertheless, delving deeper into the promises of radical social change offered by blockchain can be pivotal in gaining a more comprehensive understanding of technology's social aspirations.…”

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‘Blockchain for good’: Exploring the notion of social good inside the blockchain scene

Semenzin

2023

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One of the most intriguing discussions concerning blockchain technology revolves around its potential to ‘do good’. Consequently, numerous projects and institutions are showing interest in the capacity of blockchain to impact the social sphere positively. However, so far, very little literature has addressed the fundamental notion of ‘good’ that underlies its implementation or explores its connection to social justice theories. This article aims to analyse the narratives that surround the use of blockchain for social good and to compare them with traditional concepts that are significant in social justice theories, such as distribution and recognition. Results show that the selected informants involved in the blockchain scene tend to frame social good in rational, mathematical, and often competitive terms. This tendency contributes to the reinforcement of a neoliberal imaginary that neglects to address structural inequalities as relevant issues. Instead, it envisions social justice as an avenue for generating value, enhancing meritocracy, and ensuring technical accountability, echoing Silicon Valley's aspirations to ‘change the world’.

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The myths and legends of king Satoshi and the knights of blockchain

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