Ralph Merkle: Revolutionizing Democracy Using DAOs (rebroadcast) - a podcast by Epicenter Media Ltd.

from 2018-09-12T21:38:39

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Legendary scientist and cryptography pioneer Ralph Merkle joined us to discuss his recent paper on DAOs. Merkle examined how the voting mechanisms in today’s democracies are flawed and how a decentralized, transparent DAO making decisions using prediction markets could create more efficient democratic systems.


Topics covered in this episode:



  • Merkle proofs, Merkle Roots and his early forays into cryptography

  • Blockchains as living organisms

  • Why DAOs will be subject to a Darwinian evolutionary process

  • Why voting is flawed and we need new governance methods to save democracy

  • The concept of a DAO democracy

  • How prediction markets and futarchy would help govern a DAO democracy


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