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Decentralization &
Blockchain
Possibilities & Problematizations for Libraries
Jason Griffey
Affiliate Fellow
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Harvard University
Gloriana St. Clair Distinguished Lecture in
21st Century Librarianship
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Bitcoin
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Blockchain
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Decentralization
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ledger
Date - Time - Identity - Transaction Details
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Hash
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Hash
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Hash
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Hash
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Hash
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Hash
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Public Verifiability
Integrity
Transparency
Decentralized
Robust Resistance To Manipulation
Many Authors
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Hash
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Hash
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Consensus Algorithms
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Incentives
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Proof of Work
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Proof of Stake
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Proof of Authority
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Proof of Weight
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Byzantine Fault Tolerance
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Directed Acyclic Graph
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ledger
Date - Time - Identity - Transaction Details
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ledger Database
Date
Time
Identity
Transaction
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smart
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Plantoid
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BaaS
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Possibilities
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Provenance
Metadata that reflects the chain of
ownership/possession of a
physical object.
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Digital Provenance
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Bibliographic
Metadata
Decentralized OCLC
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Book
Metadata
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Book
Metadata
Book
Metadata
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Book
Metadata
Book
Metadata
Metadata
Update
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Book
Metadata
Book
Metadata
Metadata
Update
Book
Metadata
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Book
Metadata
Book
Metadata
Metadata
Update
Book
Metadata M
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First Sale
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Digital First Sale
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Distributed Verifiable
Credentialing
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Expanded University
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Distributed Verifiable
Sovereign Identity
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Universal Library Card
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Problems
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Centralization
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Conclusion
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https://ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu/blockchains/
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https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/375.pdf
http://doyouneedablockchain.com/
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–Roy Amara
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a
technology in the short run and
underestimate the effect in the long run.”
Amara’s Law
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–Roy Amara
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a
technology in the short run and
underestimate the effect in the long run.”
Amara’s Law
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“We have just started to
make a technological society.
The technological changes in
the next 20 years will dwarf
those of the last 20 years. It
will almost be like nothing at
all has happened yet.”
— Kevin Kelly
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Douglas Adams said...
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Douglas Adams said...
1. Anything that is in the world when
you’re born is normal and ordinary
and is just a natural part of the way
the world works.
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Douglas Adams said...
1. Anything that is in the world when
you’re born is normal and ordinary
and is just a natural part of the way
the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between
when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is
new and exciting and revolutionary
and you can probably get a career in
it.
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Douglas Adams said...
1. Anything that is in the world when
you’re born is normal and ordinary
and is just a natural part of the way
the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between
when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is
new and exciting and revolutionary
and you can probably get a career in
it.
3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-
five is against the natural order of
things.
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Remove the Centers
Democratize the Decisions
Reduce the Friction
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