A single line of code can move billions while jurisdictions argue over definitions written for another age. If power now lives in protocols, who decides the rules? This book offers a clear, durable way to read that struggle.
You will learn how global blockchain governance actually works: why standards as regulation shape behaviour, how regulatory coordination falters, and where protocol governance collides with market gatekeepers. It explains the trade-offs between privacy and identity, the politics of cross-border compliance, and the stakes of international enforcement when states, corporations, and communities claim authority at once. For policy professionals, product leaders, investors, and civic technologists, it replaces noise with a practical lens on incentives, accountability, and design choices.
Expect clarity, not hype. Through case-led analysis, it shows how decentralised governance succeeds or fails, when economic sovereignty is asserted through standards, and how to spot coordination games before they set the rules you must live with. If you need a grounded vocabulary for policy and crypto that travels across borders and survives the next news cycle, this is your map.