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Abstract The Internet is full of revolutionary and original institutional forms that transform social organization offline and online, regardless of whether we are aware of it. Issues of governance in these Internet platforms and other digital institutions have presented a challenge for software engineers, most of whom are not exposed to the theories or history of institutional design. This paper provides a useful framework designed to promote dialog between computer scientists and political scientists. Rokan themes A behavioral engineering model that is focused on incentives and a variety of theoretical methods such as A/B testing and incremental issue-driven programming have been the dominant guiding practices in the design of digital institutions. The "Ostrom Workshop" resource governance literature has proved to be an effective tool in the design of traditional institutions. One of the most important findings from this literature that has yet to be widely incorporated into the design of numerous digital institutions is the necessity of incorporating mechanisms for participation in what is known as a "constitutional layer" of design of institutions -- in other words, rules that allow and facilitate diverse stakeholder participation in the ongoing process of design change. We examine whether this consideration is and/or could be satisfied in three distinct instances of digital institutions: cryptocurrencies, cannabis informatics and amateur Minecraft server governance. We can illustrate the significance of constitutional layers in a variety of kinds of digital institutions by looking at these diverse scenarios. Rokan themes

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