Epistemology is concerned with justifcation for knowledge claims. Why is 2+2=4 true, is my ring true gold (cf Heidegger). Blockchain validtes the genuineness of virtual currencies, it can also validate ownership, and there is even discussion of Blockchain and identity. Has anyone explored the philosophical implications of Blockchain??
Paul Ernest You might want to check out a couple of papers that were published in an issue of "Metaphilosophy". Here you find out an overview from Melanie Swan and Primavera De Filippi:
Article Toward a Philosophy of Blockchain: A Symposium: Introduction...
Regarding Heidegger:
Ben van Lier has authored a paper on blockchain in a book that I edited in which he uses Heidegger as a starting point:
https://www.springerprofessional.de/blockchain-technology-the-autonomy-and-self-organisation-of-cybe/16358186
I am not sure, the following article on blockchain may be close to your question where the authors begin with a discussion of the evolution of value perceptions in the history of economic thought.
Article Blockchain and value systems in the sharing economy: The ill...
Dubai Debuts Nationwide Data Platform Powered by Blockchain
• UAE debuts a blockchain-based KYC platform
• Dubai’s Department of Economic Development and state-run bank Emirates NBD are rolling out their UAE KYC Blockchain Platform
• 120 local firms already signed up for the platform with Emirates NBD
https://blts.app/10250
New technologies may come from novelty ideas, that flowing from needs or development. Blockchain is the technology that disrupts all industries and encourages people's life. Blochcian from different perspectives being easy and complex technology. Who knows DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) in-depth understand the magic of it and that is different from other people. Years later with more encouraging of blockchain with our life, these borders will disappear and the impact will rise faster!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679973/2017/48/5 (cited above)
https://blockchainstudies.org/
I think we still have to answer the Ontology and the Epistemology together after the inception of Blockchain over 12 years. I believed there are still many questions about the reality of DLT, DAG and Blockchain as the use case in the industry. Today, we still have ambiguous interchangeable terms between DLT, DAG and Blockchain, which are not supposed to intertwine their definition. Indeed, the DLT has claimed its gold standard of the 3U attributes, namely, Uniqueness, Unmmutable and Undeniable. Is this true, and is there any proof of this in existence (Ontology)? The Blockchain Trilemma on Scalability, Security and Decentralisation level are even in question (Epistemology). So this has become the Ontology and Epistemology on the Blockchain.
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