ABSTRACT
This chapter explores different perspectives upon economic and socio/geographical ledgers and the complexity that they involve as they inevitably collide with concepts of chronological time, representation and actions. There are many elements that make Bitcoin an interesting alternative currency, but critically it is the development and implementation of the blockchain – a distributed ledger that contains all transaction records ever conducted. The workshop entitled 'Blockchain City' was intended to expose 'contemporary design methodologies, and their relationship with living labs and smart cities'. Physically located within the commercial Student Hotel, previously home to the editorial offices of some of the country's most important newspapers, Blockchain City aimed to engage participants with a location-based software platform that encouraged them to associate acts of trust in the local community with Bitcoin transactions.
