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Taking a dynamic and reflexive perspective on the interaction between technology, law, and economics, this chapter focuses on the role of competition in shaping the economic, and regulatory, ecosystem in which blockchain technology becomes embedded. There is the promise that the technology and the social space it will foster will give rise to more competitive structures in the organization of economic activity in the digital economy, in comparison to the current, highly centralized paradigm of digital platforms. The narrative of disruption has indeed been important in promoting the greater use of blockchain technology and has also framed the socio-technical ‘agencements’ that have so far guided regulatory action in this area. However, this narrative of disruption has also led to some hasty conclusions made in the literature as to the impotence of competition law to deal with an emergent digital space dominated by blockchain technology, predicting its eventual demise ... The chapter critically engages with this rhetoric and explains why it does not stand serious scrutiny and relies on a superficial analysis of blockchain competition, as it does not consider the various ways in which

Author

Ioannis Lianos

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN