​For this seminar, Dr. Kelsie Nabben will be presenting on her newly released book “Blockchain Security: Code, Crisis, Community.” This book is the first to document how security occurs within decentralised blockchain communities from a sociological perspective. It provokes questions relevant to the Metagov community of non-state governance, hacker ethics, and the future of cybersecurity. ​
Kelsie’s book explores this topic through a deep ethnographic dive into blockchain ecosystems—with a focus on security not only as a technical property, but also a social practice.

The book draws on years of ethnographic research conducted as major incidents unfolded across blockchain ecosystems—often in real time. It follows the engineers, white-hat hackers, and other community responders who collectively respond, rescue, pause, repair, postmortem and prepare for the next crises (notably, the not-for-profit Security Alliance, or SEAL).

​​​​The seminar is intended for researchers and practitioners in online governance, broadly defined. We welcome guests and curious members of the public. Note that the discussion is moderated.