Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Cautious hope: Prospects and perils of communitarian governance in a Web3 environment - Our feedback

The goal of this post is to provide feedback on the Cautious hope: Prospects and perils of communitarian governance in a Web3 environment paper written by Nancy Ettlinger (Professor of Geography at The Ohio State University), in 2024. More importantly, I will nuance some statements about Sensorica and address some factually false ones. 

Before we begin, it is probably important to mention that, to my recollection, the author has never contacted any Sensorica affiliate before publishing this paper. I also don't know what sources of information Nancy has used to learn about Sensorica, apart from one paper written by Pazaitis, A. (2020), provided as reference (Breaking the chains of open innovation: Post-blockchain and the case of Sensorica) and a link to a P2PFoundation wiki page on Sensorica.