Creating Trust in Citizen Participation through Decentralized Autonomous Citizen Participation Organizations (DACPOs)

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Abstract

Blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are systems for transacting and storing value by automatically executing a function without the need for trusted, centralized authorities. Participative budgeting requires voting about budget allocation by communities and is often confronted with issues in trust and transparency. Yet, DAOs are hardly used for participative budgeting. In this research, we introduce Decentralized Autonomous Citizen Participation Organizations (DACPOs). In a DACPO, data and actions are recorded and autonomously executed in a decentralized way. DACPOs can be used for enabling participative budgeting and thereby provide transparency, decrease the risks of fraud and corruption, and increase citizens' trust. The viability of DACPOs depends on a number of factors, including a minimum number of citizens who participate. In further research, factors influencing the use of DACPOs for participative budgeting can be further analyzed and tested.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
Subtitle of host publicationIntelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens, DGO 2022
EditorsLoni Hagen, Mihkel Solvak, Sungsoo Hwang
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages440-442
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4503-9749-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Intelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens, DGO 2022 - Virtual, Online, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 15 Jun 202217 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Intelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens, DGO 2022
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityVirtual, Online
Period15/06/2217/06/22

Bibliographical note

Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Decentralized autonomous citizen participation organization (DACPO)
  • Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)
  • Participative budgeting
  • Token smart contract

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