Fiduciary Governance of Bitcoin

About the book

When people exercise control over a protocol, which legal duties might follow? This monograph examines that question through English private law, with particular attention to partnership, attribution and fiduciary responsibility.

Wright argues that control over Bitcoin Core can create partnership and fiduciary obligations. He considers how governance authority can be identified, which duties might attach to that authority and what remedies could address a breach. These propositions form the book's argument rather than a statement of settled law.

Themes to explore

• Control and attribution: identifying where authority lies within a system described as decentralised.
• Partnership and duty: examining how private-law relationships might apply to protocol governance.
• Accountability and remedy: connecting exercises of power with obligations and possible legal responses.

What to expect

An extended legal monograph for readers interested in blockchain governance, English private law and accountability. Expect an argument-led treatment of doctrine and governance structures; the publisher sample provides the contents and an introduction to the framework.