ABSTRACT
This work investigates whether several types of blockchains could fall under the scope of application of the database-directive (DBD). It starts with a technical chapter which explains blockchain-technology in order to provide the reader with the necessary background information. Two key characteristics of blockchains are highlighted: their structure and their functioning. Blockchains are distributed databases, consisting of chained, time-stamped blocks and aim to store, transparently and immutably, individually accessible information. Furthermore, it is clarified that there are several types of blockchains (public v private and permissioned v permissionless), utilising different kinds of consensus-mechanisms and hosting different types of nodes. In order to make everything more tangible three use-cases are presented which are used throughout the work …
Gils, Thomas, Blockchain and Law: An Analysis of Blockchain Technology Under the Database Directive 96/9 (July 28, 2017).
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