%0 Book Section %1 hutten2020zurck %A Hütten, Moritz %B Blockchained? Digitalisierung und Wirtschafts-Politik %C Weimar (Lahn) %D 2020 %E Sturn, Richard %E Klüh, Ulrich %I Metropolis %K activism blockchain disintermediation disruption distributed_ledger_technology hbs-2017-437-2 networks %N 18 %P 77-92 %T Activism made durable? Blockchains and the limits of technology-centered activism %U https://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Blockchained%3F/1415/book.do %X In this article, blockchains are understood to have originated as a form of technology-centered activism. I argue that the prospects of relying on technology to promote social and political change are limited. Based on empirical evidence gathered in conferences and meetups on blockchain, I explore how narratives surrounding blockchains evolved with their increasing popularity. In doing so, I show how changes in technology narratives are crucial in popularizing a technology. However, many of these changes foreshadow blockchain implementations which will be at odds with many of the hopes and dreams of more activist leaning blockchain enthusiasts. %@ 978-3-7316-1415-9

@incollection{hutten2020zurck, abstract = {In this article, blockchains are understood to have originated as a form of technology-centered activism. I argue that the prospects of relying on technology to promote social and political change are limited. Based on empirical evidence gathered in conferences and meetups on blockchain, I explore how narratives surrounding blockchains evolved with their increasing popularity. In doing so, I show how changes in technology narratives are crucial in popularizing a technology. However, many of these changes foreshadow blockchain implementations which will be at odds with many of the hopes and dreams of more activist leaning blockchain enthusiasts.}, added-at = {2020-03-16T16:29:12.000+0100}, address = {Weimar (Lahn)}, author = {Hütten, Moritz}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22e272be4c064a5df8608339475c068a1/meneteqel}, booktitle = {Blockchained? Digitalisierung und Wirtschafts-Politik}, editor = {Sturn, Richard and Klüh, Ulrich}, interhash = {2a2f66d8f96f8dc344444f43fd4840c3}, intrahash = {2e272be4c064a5df8608339475c068a1}, isbn = {978-3-7316-1415-9}, keywords = {activism blockchain disintermediation disruption distributed_ledger_technology hbs-2017-437-2 networks}, language = {ger}, month = feb, number = 18, pages = {77-92}, publisher = {Metropolis}, series = {Jahrbuch Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik}, timestamp = {2020-03-17T15:04:15.000+0100}, title = {Activism made durable? Blockchains and the limits of technology-centered activism}, url = {https://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Blockchained%3F/1415/book.do}, year = 2020 }