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- Title
Trustless education? A blockchain system for university grades.
- Authors
ROOKSBY, JOHN; DIMITROV, KRISTIYAN
- Abstract
We have implemented a blockchain system based on Ethereum for use by a university to store student grades and to provide a cryptocurrency. Based upon an exploratory, qualitative evaluation we have found several tensions between the concept of a university as an organization and the concept of distributed autonomous organizations (DAOs) in Ethereum. These include tensions in (i) mechanisms of trust, (ii) boundaries of openness and (iii) values in procedures. In this article we outline our implementation and the evaluation process.
- Subjects
BLOCKCHAINS; GRADING of students; ASSESSMENT of education; DISTRIBUTED computing; CRYPTOCURRENCIES; EVALUATION
- Publication
Ubiquity (2045-6271), 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
2045-6271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/ubiq_00010_1