“There has been an explosion of interest in ‘smart contracts’ and blockchain technology over the past two years, with software developers, financial institutions, regulators, and law firms rushing in to explore smart contract design and blockchain development. The hype over smart contracts has resulted in headlines such as ‘Blockchain “smart contracts” to disrupt lawyers’, and speculation that blockchain smart contract technology ‘threatens thousands of legal jobs and lawyers’ role in intermediating commercial negotiations and disputes’ …” (more)
[Cheng Lim and others, Business Law Blog, 11 July]
First posted 2016-07-11 06:29:28
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