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Ellie Rennie

Machine politics: The cultural science of permissionless systems

First draft of an essay (for feedback) in which I argue that machine culture may need protection from human politics.

13 min readApr 8, 2024

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Ellie Rennie

On Governators

The following is a brain-dump ahead of a Metagov Govbase call (7am 29 Sep 2023 AEST) in which we will discuss the concept of governators.

6 min readSep 28, 2023

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On Governators

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Ellie Rennie

An ethnography of SourceCred’s CredSperiment

My full ethnography of SourceCred’s CredSperiment is now on SSRN. Here’s a short summary of what I learnt.

5 min readSep 17, 2023

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An image of an ancient hydraulic water system in Shushtar, Iran. The picture shows stone constructions with water flowing into a central dam.

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Ellie Rennie

Validators and their governance participation

Identifying development paths for proof-of-stake blockchains with on-chain governance

2 min readSep 6, 2023

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Ellie Rennie

Introducing the DAO DAO Telescope Experiment

We will soon be using Telescope to examine DAO2DAO dynamics among DAO DAO DAOs.

7 min readMar 20, 2023

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Introducing the DAO DAO Telescope Experiment

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Ellie Rennie

How to start a crypto (political) party

Blockchains were built to withstand conditions of adversity. How do they fare in conditions of cooperation?

8 min readJun 29, 2022

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How to start a crypto (political) party

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Ellie Rennie

When music metadata meets blockchain governance

Mid-stream reflections on what web3 means for the music industry, and why the music industry matters for web3.

8 min readMay 29, 2022

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When music metadata meets blockchain governance

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Ellie Rennie

Climate change and the legitimacy of Bitcoin

A working paper on my research into Bitcoin mining and climate futures is now available on SSRN.

2 min readNov 14, 2021

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Climate change and the legitimacy of Bitcoin

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Ellie Rennie

Retroactive public goods funding: How to improve Karl and Vitalik’s really good idea

Retroactive public goods funding uses tokens and incentives to encourage developers to work on projects that benefit the ecosystem. In this…

8 min readAug 4, 2021

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Retroactive public goods funding: How to improve Karl and Vitalik’s really good idea

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Ellie Rennie

A DAO is a bureaucrat

People think of DAOs as code instantiations of democratic political process. A better way to think of them is as a competent civil service.

6 min readJul 24, 2021

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A DAO is a bureaucrat

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Ellie Rennie

Ellie Rennie

Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne. Australian Research Council Future Fellow 2020–2025: “Cooperation Through Code” (FT190100372) Twitter: @elinorrennie

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