After the Ethereum DAO attack in 2016,which resulted in significant economic losses,blockchain governance has become a prominent research area.However,there is a lack of comprehensive and systematic literature review ...After the Ethereum DAO attack in 2016,which resulted in significant economic losses,blockchain governance has become a prominent research area.However,there is a lack of comprehensive and systematic literature review on blockchain governance.To deeply understand the process of blockchain governance and provide guidance for the future design of the blockchain governance model,we provide an in-depth review of blockchain governance.In this paper,first we introduce the consensus algorithms currently used in blockchain and relate them to governance theory.Second,we present the main content of off-chain governance and investigate two well-known off-chain governance projects.Third,we investigate four common on-chain governance voting techniques,then summarize the seven attributes that the on-chain governance voting process should meet,and finally analyze four well-known on-chain governance blockchain projects based on the previous research.We hope this survey will provide an in-depth insight into the potential development direction of blockchain governance and device future research agenda.展开更多
基金supported by the Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program (No.2021CXGC010107)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.62172307,U21A20466,62272350)+2 种基金the New 20 Project of Higher Education of Jinan (No.202228017)the Special Project on Science and Technology Program of Hubei Provience (Nos.2020AEA013,2021BAA025)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2042023KF0203).
文摘After the Ethereum DAO attack in 2016,which resulted in significant economic losses,blockchain governance has become a prominent research area.However,there is a lack of comprehensive and systematic literature review on blockchain governance.To deeply understand the process of blockchain governance and provide guidance for the future design of the blockchain governance model,we provide an in-depth review of blockchain governance.In this paper,first we introduce the consensus algorithms currently used in blockchain and relate them to governance theory.Second,we present the main content of off-chain governance and investigate two well-known off-chain governance projects.Third,we investigate four common on-chain governance voting techniques,then summarize the seven attributes that the on-chain governance voting process should meet,and finally analyze four well-known on-chain governance blockchain projects based on the previous research.We hope this survey will provide an in-depth insight into the potential development direction of blockchain governance and device future research agenda.
