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  • Launching an Open Source Library for Governance Modules on Soroban

    Launching an Open Source Library for Governance Modules on Soroban

    Facilitating Computer-Aided Governance with Specs, Documentation, and Simulations
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    BlockScience
    Nov 29
    An Introduction To: “Foundations of Cryptoeconomic Systems”

    An Introduction To: “Foundations of Cryptoeconomic Systems”

    This article introduces the Paper “Foundations of Cryptoeconomic Systems” by Shermin Voshmgir and Michael Zargham, published at the…
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    BlockScience
    Nov 20
    From Monoculture to Permaculture Currencies: A Glimpse of the Myco-Economic Future

    From Monoculture to Permaculture Currencies: A Glimpse of the Myco-Economic Future

    Emulating Nature’s Evolutionary Resource Allocation Algorithms in Equitable Economic Systems Design
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    Jeff Emmett
    Nov 15
    The Story Behind Neural Quorum Governance

    The Story Behind Neural Quorum Governance

    The Collaborative Ideation of Novel Mechanisms Through the Engineering Design Process
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    BlockScience
    Nov 14
    Objects as Reference: Toward Robust First Principles of Digital Organization

    Objects as Reference: Toward Robust First Principles of Digital Organization

    By Orion Reed
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    BlockScience
    Nov 13
    Introducing Neural Quorum Governance

    Introducing Neural Quorum Governance

    A Comprehensive Framework for Assigning Voting Power and Managing Voter Attention for the Stellar Community Fund
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    BlockScience
    Nov 9
    Governatooorr Guardrails: Practical considerations when introducing automated governance agents

    Governatooorr Guardrails: Practical considerations when introducing automated governance agents

    Kelsie Nabben and Michael Zargham November, 2023
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    Kelsie Nabben
    Nov 9
    Building With Blocks of Science

    Building With Blocks of Science

    On the Role of Models in Governance, Economics and Technology
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    BlockScience
    Oct 15
    Grant Program Announcement: Empirical Investigations of a Digital Frontier

    Grant Program Announcement: Empirical Investigations of a Digital Frontier

    By Michael Zargham and Travis Oliphant
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    Michael Zargham
    Sep 18
    Automating Compliance and Security with Shield3

    Automating Compliance and Security with Shield3

    by Michael Zargham, Isaac Patka, Geoffrey Arone
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    Michael Zargham
    Sep 16
    A Language for Knowledge Networks

    A Language for Knowledge Networks

    By Michael Zargham and Ilan Ben-Meir
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    Michael Zargham
    Sep 1
    BSci Quarterly Newsletter — Q2 2023

    BSci Quarterly Newsletter — Q2 2023

    Welcome to the BlockScience Quarterly newsletter! Our aim is to provide you with the latest news and insights on emerging technologies…
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    BlockScience
    Aug 22
    Introduction to: “Economic Games as Estimators”

    Introduction to: “Economic Games as Estimators”

    A Summary of the “Economic Games as Estimators” Paper on Bonding Curves as Estimators by Zargham, Shorish, and Paruch
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    BlockScience
    Aug 22
    Inside the Very Human Origin of the Term “Artificial Intelligence” — And Its Seven Decade…

    Inside the Very Human Origin of the Term “Artificial Intelligence” — And Its Seven Decade…

    With so much growing interest and fear around AI, it may be helpful to know some history around the term, how it came to be — and why it…
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    Amber Case
    Aug 8
    An Algorithm is a Camera

    An Algorithm is a Camera

    By Ilan Ben-Meir
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    BlockScience
    Jul 31
    What is BlockScience?

    What is BlockScience?

    BlockScience’s namesake is the “Block Diagram” which is used in systems and control engineering to describe the flow of information
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    BlockScience
    Jul 13
    The Animating Purpose of BlockScience

    The Animating Purpose of BlockScience

    An Introspective Look at Our Own Constitutive Infrastructure
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    BlockScience
    Jun 14
    Market Design Lessons for ‘Safety First’ Institutional Engineering

    Market Design Lessons for ‘Safety First’ Institutional Engineering

    What can systems engineering and institutional design teach us about how to tackle disruptive technologies such as automation and AI?
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    BlockScience
    May 25
    From Networks of Computers to Network Computers — and Beyond

    From Networks of Computers to Network Computers — and Beyond

    By David Sisson and Ilan Ben-Meir
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    BlockScience
    May 9
    Flatcoins: Inflation-Adjusted Stablecoins

    Flatcoins: Inflation-Adjusted Stablecoins

    An Exploration of the Control-Theoretic Design Challenge
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    BlockScience
    Apr 14
    From Curved Bonding to Configuration Spaces

    From Curved Bonding to Configuration Spaces

    A Summary of the Paper on Bonding Curves as Configuration Spaces by Zargham, Shorish and Paruch
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    BlockScience
    Apr 13
    Exploring the Filecoin Termination Fee

    Exploring the Filecoin Termination Fee

    Ensuring Sector Permanence
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    BlockScience
    Apr 12
    Understanding the Filecoin Consensus Pledge

    Understanding the Filecoin Consensus Pledge

    Locking the Network Journey into Safety
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    BlockScience
    Apr 11
    What Constitutes a Constitution?

    What Constitutes a Constitution?

    By Michael Zargham, Eric Alston, Kelsie Nabben, and Ilan Ben-Meir¹
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    BlockScience
    Apr 6
    Model-Based Institutional Design

    Model-Based Institutional Design

    Enabling Adaptive Institutions for Complex Systems
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    Michael Zargham
    Mar 31
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