Decentralised digital security: Code, crisis, community

Decentralised digital security: Code, crisis, community

DDS

Episodes 8
Avg. Duration 38m
Activity Moderate
Since May 2026
Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Hourly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
78%
Hosting
anchor.fm

About This Podcast

Decentralised digital security offers a compelling exploration of how digital security is practiced, organised and contested within blockchain communities. Drawing on immersive digital ethnography, it examines how decentralised technologies depend on not just technical systems but social infrastructures for incentive alignment and coordination. Through first-hand case studies, it reveals the white hat hackers, social infrastructures and ecosystem-wide efforts that make blockchain security possible, as well as broader lessons for living with insecurity.

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Recent Episodes

S1E8 Chapter 7: Epilogue - Living with insecurity

May 13, 2026 32m

This epilogue returns to the guiding question, 'what can decentralised technology communities teach us about digital security?’, and argues that while decentralised security practices do not offer a…

S1E7 Chapter 6: Bybit – The largest hack in history

May 13, 2026 21m

This chapter tells the story of the largest hack in history. Drawing on insider perspectives from within the security community, it traces black hats, white hats, and many shades of grey in action,…

S1E6 Chapter 5: The geopolitics of blockchain security

May 13, 2026 49m

This chapter moves beyond individual hacks and exploits to examine how decentralised security operates at scale, with a focus on the intersection between cryptocurrency security and the geopolitics…

S1E5 Chapter 4: The security alliance – Infrastructure for security

May 13, 2026 40m

Security in decentralised systems relies not only on technical robustness, but also on the interaction of social, economic, legal and institutional arrangements that enable coordination across…

S1E4 Chapter 3: Blockchain white hat hackers

May 13, 2026 36m

The previous chapters have traced the historical, ideological and contextual foundations of blockchain security, from the early visions of hackers, cryptographers and Cypherpunks to the emergence of…

S1E3 Chapter 2: The state of blockchain security

May 12, 2026 48m

This chapter examines the current state of blockchain security—or more accurately, persistent insecurity. Despite ideological commitments to cryptographic guarantees and protocol-level integrity from…

S1E2 Chapter 1: The principles of decentralised security

May 12, 2026 33m

Security is a prerequisite for digital economies as it lays the foundational conditions for trust, exchanges of data and coordination. This chapter provides an intellectual history of digital…

S1E1 Introduction: The paradox of decentralised security

May 12, 2026 44m

In the digital age, security is often imagined as a fixed state – something that can be achieved through the right combination of technology, policy and enforcement. The assumption has been that…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Decentralised digital security: Code, crisis, community have?

Decentralised digital security: Code, crisis, community has published 8 episodes since May 2026, covering topics in Science, Social Sciences.

Is Decentralised digital security: Code, crisis, community still active?

Decentralised digital security: Code, crisis, community is currently moderate with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 38m.

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