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Understanding KlimaDAO Use and Value: Insights from an Empirical Analysis

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Electronic Governance with Emerging Technologies (EGETC 2022)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 1666))

Abstract

Blockchain technologies have demonstrated the potential to build decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols that are composable and interoperable. One of the envisioned applications of blockchains is that of becoming a platform for markets of greenhouse-gas emissions. KlimaDAO is one of the recently launched protocols that attempts to bridge existing voluntary carbon markets to DeFi by means of building incentive mechanisms on top of tokenized carbon assets. That approach may eventually bring benefits to carbon markets in terms of liquidity and transparency and address a wider audience. Here we report the analysis of the early status of that initiative in an attempt to get insights in its actual functioning and value, and on the extent to which they are currently addressing the original goals and potential benefits of this kind of protocols.

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Notes

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    https://www.regen.network/.

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    https://nori.com/.

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    https://moss.earth/.

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    Smart contract source code is available at https://github.com/ToucanProtocol/contracts/.

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    It should be noted that there are also a much lower volume of transactions using retireCarbon_specific.

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    https://dune.com/Cujowolf/Klima-DAO.

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Alcalá, Polytechnic Building. Ctra. Barcelona km. 33.6, 28871, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain

    Miguel-Angel Sicilia, Elena García-Barriocanal, Salvador Sánchez-Alonso, Marçal Mora-Cantallops & Juan-José de Lucio

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Sicilia, MA., García-Barriocanal, E., Sánchez-Alonso, S., Mora-Cantallops, M., de Lucio, JJ. (2022). Understanding KlimaDAO Use and Value: Insights from an Empirical Analysis. In: Ortiz-Rodríguez, F., Tiwari, S., Sicilia, MA., Nikiforova, A. (eds) Electronic Governance with Emerging Technologies. EGETC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1666. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22950-3_17

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