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Blockchain is widely considered a new key technology. The Foundation for Technology Assessment (TA-SWISS) has proposed a comprehensive assessment of blockchain technologies. With this publication, TA-SWISS provides the much-needed social contextualisation of blockchain. The first, more technical part of the study takes an in-depth look at how blockchain functions and examines the economic potential of this technology. By analysing multiple real-world applications, the study sheds light on where the blockchain has advantages over traditional applications and where existing technologies continue to be the better solution. The second part of the study examines how blockchain became mainstream. It explores the origins of blockchain in the early history of information technology and computer networks. The study also reveals the impact blockchain has on industrial and public spaces. Finally, it discusses the social implications and challenges of blockchain against the background of a new socio-technical environment.
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ‘the commons’ based on a simple yet radical idea: great improvements in production and management could be achieved by reducing barriers to knowledge exchange and power-sharing. Ranging from meadows, forests and parks to language, open-source software (FLOSS and Blockchain) and 3D printers, the commons are distributed or common property resources/infrastructures that are self-managed by their user communities. While acknowledging the significant contributions that can be made through commons-based peer production, this book provides a critical examination of the commons with the aim of contributing to their long-term sustainability. In partic...
Beginning with v. 67 (1960/61) issued in separate parts called "teilausgabe": [1] Bund [2] Land Baden-Württemberg. [3] Freistaat Bayern. [4] Land Berlin. [5] Land Freie Hansestadt Bremen. [6] Land Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. [7] Land Hessen. [8] Land Nordrhein-Westfalen. [9] Land Niedersachsen. [10] Land Rheinland-Pfalz. [11] Land Saarland. [12] Land Schleswig-Holstein.
How a distinctive approach to social policy led democracy to flourish in the Federal Republic of Germany despite its past.