GeoCoin: supporting ideation and collaborative design with location-based smart contracts

Bettina Nissen; Larissa Pschetz; Dave Murray-Rust; Hadi Mehrpouya; Shaune Oosthuizen; Chris Speed

doi:10.1145/3173574.3173737

GeoCoin: supporting ideation and collaborative design with location-based smart contracts

Bettina Nissen, Larissa Pschetz, Dave Murray-Rust, Hadi Mehrpouya, Shaune Oosthuizen, Chris Speed

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Abstract

Design and HCI researchers are increasingly working with complex digital infrastructures, such as cryptocurrencies, distributed ledgers and smart contracts. These technologies will have a profound impact on digital systems and their audiences. However, given their emergent nature and technical complexity, involving non-specialists in the design of applications that employ these technologies is challenging. In this paper, we discuss these challenges and present GeoCoin, a location-based platform for embodied learning and speculative ideating with smart contracts. In collaborative workshops with GeoCoin, participants engaged with location-based smart contracts, using the platform to explore digital `debit' and `credit' zones in the city. These exercises led to the design of diverse distributed-ledger applications, for time-limited financial unions, participatory budgeting, and humanitarian aid. These results contribute to the HCI community by demonstrating how an experiential prototype can support understanding of the complexities behind new digital infrastructures and facilitate participant engagement in ideation and design processes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2018
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 2018 CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450356206
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173737
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2018
Event	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI - Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montreal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018 https://chi2018.acm.org/

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Conference	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI 2018
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	21/04/18 → 26/04/18
Internet address	https://chi2018.acm.org/

Keywords

Distributed ledgers
Smart contracts
Smart city
Geofence
Design and ideation

UN SDGs

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Nissen, B., Pschetz, L., Murray-Rust, D., Mehrpouya, H., Oosthuizen, S., & Speed, C. (2018). GeoCoin: supporting ideation and collaborative design with location-based smart contracts. In CHI 2018: proceedings of the 2018 CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-10). Article 163 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173737

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GeoCoin: supporting ideation and collaborative design with location-based smart contracts. / Nissen, Bettina; Pschetz, Larissa; Murray-Rust, Dave et al.
CHI 2018: proceedings of the 2018 CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. p. 1-10 163.

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