GL: You’ve written a lot about governance and I’m interested in the potential uses of blockchains for governments and societies. What is the potential of using decentralized systems like Ethereum for running decision-making on social issues, and not necessarily crypto-related issues?
I think blockchains can be a good technical infrastructure for running a lot of these very base layer mechanisms. They’re good for currencies. They’re good for things like domain name systems. And I think at least the formal ingredients of a governance system can often make sense to put partially on a blockchain. Although I want to put in some caveats, because governance is also the communication and everything
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