Summary: This is the ninth episode in the Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode I talk to Rachel O'Dwyer who is currently a postdoc at Maynooth University. We have a wide-ranging conversation about the digital commons, money, bitcoin and blockchain governance. We look at the historical origins of the commons, the role of money in human society, the problems with bitcoin and the creation of blockchain governance systems. You can download the podcast at this link. You can also listen below, or subscribe on Stitcher and iTunes (via RSS feed - just click add to iTunes). Show Notes0:00 - 0:40 - Introduction0:40 - 9:00 - The history of the digital commons9:00 - 17:20 - What is money? What role does it play in society?17:20 - 29:20 - The value of transactional data and how it gets tracked29:20 - 34:25 - The centralisation of transactional data tracking and its role in algorithmic governance34:25 - 37:50 - Resisting transactional data-tracking37:50 - 46:00 - What is bitcoin? What is a cryptocurrency?46:00 - 54:25 - Can bitcoin be a currency of the digital commons?54:25 - 1:04:47 - The promise of blockchain governance: smart contracts and smart property1:04:47 - End - Criticisms of blockchain governance - the creation of an ultra-neo-liberal governance subject? Relevant Links:Rachel's Academia.edu pageRachel on TwitterRachel's profile on the OpenHere webpageInterference journal (founded by Rachel)'The Revolution Will Not be Decentralised: Blockchain-based Technologies and the Commons' - by Rachel O'Dwyer'Other Values: Considering Digital Currency as Commons' - by Rachel O'Dwyer'The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain' - by James BoyleWhere's George? - physical currency tracking website'Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Smart Property'- by John Danaher'Blockchains, DAOs and the Modern Leviathan' - by John Danaher'Blockchains and the Emergence of a Lex Cryptographia' - by John Danaher'Distributed Ledger Technology: Beyond the Blockchain' - UK Gov Science Advisor
