Blockchain Ethics: Ethereum, Web3, and Decentralized Morality with Reuben Youngblom

DCI researcher Reuben Youngblom gave a talk on blockchain ethics at ETHDenver. As blockchain becomes more impactful in the world, our obligation to make sure that we are proceeding in a responsible manner increases. But what does a responsible future look like? In order to help answer this question, this talk dives into the history of ethical issues within Ethereum (for example, the tensions between personal liberty and harmful actions, or "code is law" violations) and uses these as a foundation to present one way (a more formal way) of considering these issues. Then, following in the footsteps of, e.g., bioethics or AI ethics, Reuben shares a framework for "blockchain ethics" before ending with a note on the future of ethics and responsibility in the Ethereum ecosystem.