The only thing worse than lack of governance rights, and even expulsion, is the promise of formal governance rights that never seem to fully materialize. Crypto should avoid this governance scenario like the plague: it’s a recipe for war.

Need proof? Ask yourself how Palestine’s statehood bid is coming along “at the United Nations” or within the “community of nations” — how Native American “tribal sovereignty” and global “indigenous rights” are working out under IL —et al?

14. Taking Stock

We just drank from a firehose, so let’s pause and draw some key takeaways about international law as a blockchain governance mechanism.

This will be the wind in our sails that will make the last moments of our Odyssey smoother. Here’s a table with some of the big themes we’ve covered:

We hope this has helped demystify “public international law” vis-a-vis crypto in some small respect.

15. Wrapping Up

While nominally we’ve been talking about the “Public International Law & Diplomacy” outcome articulated by Zamfir, our analysis also addressed the Internet Censorship and International Private Cooperation governance outcomes.

This leaves Blockchain Governance Capture and Autonomous Blockchains for a later date.

We can’t wait to turn our analytical gaze to these two outcomes as well, but not before educating ourselves more on the most recent technical advances in “global public blockchains” — and taking a stab at defining this fascinating term.

We invite you to do the same. The issues here are far too important to relegate to someone else. Please don’t succumb to the tragedy of the (intellectual) commons and assume that someone else will figure this out.

In the words of Dan Hon,