FROSTDAO: Collective Ownership of wealth using FROST

The introduction of Blockchain technology has led to the idea of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations.<br/>(DAOs). DAOs enable decentralized and transparent collective wealth, allowing groups of individuals to pool their funds for collective management. DAOs rely on complex smart contracts to function. Despite Bitcoin being the most popular...

First Deployed DAO with True Full Decentralisation

Blockchain technology has allowed for the emergence of a new type of organization, the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). They have gained significant traction in recent years, reaching market capitalizations of up to 60 billion USD in 2021. These organizations coordinate economic activity by an unbounded group of people within an...

Metaverse | Transitioning (To) Future Cities: Transdisciplinary platforms as instruments to democratise technology for participatory use in building back neglected urban voids of Riga

We are at the beginning of the most significant societal change since the internet. We are transitioning from a 2-dimensional browser-based interaction to immersive 3-dimensional experiences. The metaverse is not a place or a destination but a state where technology and ecosystem are symbiotic. <br/>Digital Twins, interactive toolkits,...

Creating Trust in Citizen Participation through Decentralized Autonomous Citizen Participation Organizations (DACPOs)

Blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are systems for transacting and storing value by automatically executing a function without the need for trusted, centralized authorities. Participative budgeting requires voting about budget allocation by communities and is often confronted with issues in trust and transparency. Yet...

A Blockchain-based Mobility as a Service concept design with the adoption of Autonomous Vehicles: An exploratory study of the most elemental systems, requirements and possible configurations

Autonomous vehicles have the potential to introduce numerous changes, opportunities, and innovations in mobility services, environment, data, value networks, and economy, among others. These automated vehicles are expected to impulse a disruptive change in society, especially within transport technology economics, travel behavior, and network...

Governance challenges of blockchain and decentralized autonomous organizations

The rise of blockchain has resulted in discussions on (new) governance models with multiple actors collaborating. Incidents and problems occurred due to flaws in blockchain protocols, smart contracts and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Often it is unclear how decisions are made concerning evolvement of blockchain applications. In...