About
Quinn DuPont is an Assistant Professor in the School of Business at University College Dublin. He has a PhD in Information Science from University of Toronto and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Washington. He is the author of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains (Polity), Founder and Editor in Chief Blockchain Research Network, Associate Editor Frontiers in Blockchains, Education Chair IEEE Blockchain Initiative, and Research Fellow at University College London’s Center for Blockchain Technologies. Previously, he held visiting research positions at Leuphana University and the University of Victoria and was a Senior Information Specialist at IBM.
External
Research
Assistant Professor
University College Dublin
Ireland
University College Dublin is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities. At UCD undergraduate education, master's and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity. Today UCD is Ireland's largest and most diverse university with over 30,000 students, drawn from approximately 124 countries. It actively promotes university life as a journey of intellectual and personal discovery through its highly innovative and flexible UCD Horizons undergraduate curriculum and is the most popular destination for Irish school-leavers. UCD is Ireland’s leader in graduate education with approximately 7,000 graduate students, and almost 2,000 PhD students. Over 50% of UCD undergraduates progress to graduate studies. UCD is home to over 6,000 international students and delivers degrees to over 5,000 students on overseas campuses. In addition, the University places great emphasis on the internationalisation of the Irish student experience – preparing all UCD students for future employment and life that crosses borders, boundaries and cultures.
Contacts
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Papers
DuPont, Quinn (2020). “Guiding Principles for Ethical Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and DLT Research.” Cryptoeconomic Systems, (0)1, 1–14. https://assets.pubpub.org/mnq2yqpw/21581689302674.pdf
DuPont, Quinn (2019). Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains. Digital Media and Society. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. 260 pp.
DuPont, Quinn (2018). Experiments in Algorithmic Governance: An ethnography of “The DAO,” a failed Decentralized Autonomous Organization. In M. Campbell-Verduyn (Ed.), Bitcoin and Beyond: The Challenges and Opportunities of Blockchains for Global Governance (pp. 157–177). New York: Routledge.
DuPont, Quinn (2017). Blockchain Identities: Notational Technologies for Control and Management of Abstracted Entities. Metaphilosophy, 48(5), 634–653. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12267.
DuPont, Quinn (2014). The Politics of Cryptography: Bitcoin and the Ordering Machines. The Journal of Peer Production, 1(4), 1–29. Retrieved from http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-4-value-and-currency/peer-reviewed-articles/the-politics-of-cryptography-bitcoin-and-the-ordering-machines/.
Projects
Blockchain Research Network (2018–current). http://blockchainresearchnetwork.org. Online platform designed to enhance the scholarly value chain with next-generation cryptoeconomic systems and new models of governance. Funding: €5,000.