One of the most innovative aspects of blockchain technology consists in the\nintroduction of an incentive layer to regulate the behavior of distributed\nprotocols. The designer of a blockchain system faces therefore issues that are\nakin to those relevant for the design of economic mechanisms, and faces them in\na computational setting. From this perspective the present paper argues for the\nimportance of computational social choice in blockchain research. It identifies\na few challenges at the interface of the two fields that illustrate the strong\npotential for cross-fertilization between them.\n