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When permissioned blockchains deliver more decentralization than permissionless

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Yannis Bakos,

Hanna Halaburda,

Christoph Mueller-BlochAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 64, Issue 2

Pages 20 - 22

https://doi.org/10.1145/3442371

Published: 25 January 2021 Publication History

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Considerations for the governance of distributed systems.

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When permissioned blockchains deliver more decentralization than permissionless
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software

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February 2021

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DOI:10.1145/3447971

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