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This study explores the synergistic mechanism of the following six factors from three dimensions based on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework theory with a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fs\/QCA) method: technology, organization, and environment, namely, Blockchain service capability, Blockchain knowledge accumulation, government attention allocation, government funding support, industry carrying capacity and blockchain technology R&amp;D environment, on the quality of the digital economy of 43 cities in China. The conclusions are as follows: (1) the absence of government funding regarding the blockchain domain is a condition contributing to the absence of high urban digital economy quality; (2) there are three driving configurations for the high-quality urban digital economy in the blockchain technology adoption perspective, which are as follows: knowledge-industry driven, government-service driven, and R&amp;D-service driven; (3) there is one driving configuration for the absence of high urban digital economy quality, namely the knowledge-R&amp;D-funding-inhibiting type. The relevant policy implications can provide theoretical references for local governments to develop the digital economy with the help of blockchain technology.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jtaer17020037","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,28]],"date-time":"2022-05-28T01:40:45Z","timestamp":1653702045000},"page":"704-721","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Synergistic Mechanism of the High-Quality Development of the Urban Digital Economy from Blockchain Adoption Perspective\u2014A Configuration Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1844-1149","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ming","family":"Xia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Business School, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China"},{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]},{"given":"Zhimin","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9456-3127","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiangwu","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Business School, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Li, Z., Li, N., and Wen, H. 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