Blockchain Ethics Field Building
summary
Argues for a field called blockchain ethics and gives concrete examples: lists ZK tools (SNARKs, STARKs, Halo, Sonic) as active research; describes immutable distributed ledger and its policy tensions; cites prediction markets enabling assassination bets (Augur/Gnosis) and Coinbase’s 1–5 crypto security rubric; recounts FOMO3D exit scam — $12M via bots exploiting gas‑price mechanics as a failure mode; frames three lenses — tech, financial, institutional — and urges designers to consider code, law, markets and norms together.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:45The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work, Philip Rogaway (2015)
- 8:41Disclaimer
- 14:52Blockchain Ethics Ecosystem
- 16:42Mature Al Ethics Ecosystem
- 21:02"Tech Ethics" is NOT
- 27:33Impacts of Affordances
- 33:57Lessig's Pathetic Dot to Intervene
- 37:22Financial Ethics in History
- 38:03Public Policy Goals Managing Risks Information Asymmetries
- 43:50Impact of Money / Incentives
- 48:21Institutional Co-Evolution
- 48:52See The World As...
- 50:12For Example
- 53:27Evolution not Revolution! Creative destruction externalities
