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Abstract
Blockchain is an emerging infrastructural technology that is proposed to fundamentally transform the ways in which people transact, trust, collaborate, organize and identify themselves. In this paper, we construct a typology of emerging blockchain applications, consider the domains in which they are applied, and identify distinguishing features of this new technology. We argue that there is a unique role for the HCI community in linking the design and
application of blockchain technology towards lived experience and the articulation of human values. In particular, we note how the accounting of transactions, a trust in immutable code and algorithms, and the leveraging of distributed crowds and publics around vast interoperable databases all relate to longstanding issues of importance for the field. We conclude by highlighting core conceptual and methodological challenges for HCI researchers beginning to work with blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.
application of blockchain technology towards lived experience and the articulation of human values. In particular, we note how the accounting of transactions, a trust in immutable code and algorithms, and the leveraging of distributed crowds and publics around vast interoperable databases all relate to longstanding issues of importance for the field. We conclude by highlighting core conceptual and methodological challenges for HCI researchers beginning to work with blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | ACM |
Pages | 1-14 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450356206 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Apr 2018 |
Publication series
Name | CHI'18 |
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Trust, Privacy and Consent in Future Pervasive Environments
Speed, C.
1/09/16 → 28/02/20
Project: Research
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After Money: If you change the representation of value, does it change the values that you can represent?
Speed, C. & Oberlander, J.
1/01/16 → 15/05/18
Project: Research