‘Defining Smart Contracts – The Search for Workable Legal Categories’

“Several scholars have started to investigate the topic of smart contracts. To be sure, the notion has been in circulation for several years, long before the current blockchain revolution to which its revival is linked. In fact, the original meaning of ‘smart contract’ is different from that which it has acquired in connection with blockchain technology. This can give rise to some confusion and as such, there is the need to provide some baseline clarification on the meaning of (decentralized) smart contracts …” (more)

[Riccardo de Caria, Oxford Business Law Blog, 25 May]

First posted 2018-05-30 15:37:05

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