Mapping the uneven geographies of digital phenomena: The case of blockchain

Abstract

Key messages Grounding practices within the materiality of geography is an important technique for studying the complexity of digital phenomena. The DIGO (Discourses, Infrastructures, Groupings, and Outcomes) framework uses these categories to guide data selection for locating digital phenomenon in material geographies. This article applies the DIGO framework to blockchain (using data about tweets, miners, firms, and ICOs) to show how this digital practice connects to and across material geographies.