Pause the Blockchain Legal Revolution

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ID9933603
AutoresKelvin Fatt Kin Low (0000-0001-8773-8400, City University of Hong Kong, autor de correspondencia), Eliza Mik (0000-0003-0978-8706, Institute of Law)
Año2020
Volumen69
Número1
Páginas135-175
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational and Comparative Law Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-5893 • E-ISSN: 1471-6895
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020589319000502
OpenAlexW2981156714
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas22

When bitcoin was released by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, few could have predicted that it would attract as much attention as it has today. It has spawned a veritable host of other cryptocurrencies, including ether on the upstart Ethereum network, which boasts smart contract functionality. The underlying blockchain technology has also attracted attention, with some within the blockchain community suggesting that it can solve such diverse problems as secured digital voting to tracking food provenance. In the legal context, blockchains have been envisaged as capable of revolutionising registries for assets ranging from land to intellectual property, modernising clearing and settlement, and even fundamentally transforming the contracting process. This article critically evaluates the popular claims surrounding the potential of blockchain technologies to disrupt the legal system by separating hype from fact

Blockchain · Business · Clearing · Commerce · Computer security · Context (archaeology · Cryptocurrency · Economics · Intellectual property · Internet privacy · Law and economics · Political science · Settlement (finance · Smart contract · Voting · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Computer Science · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Finance · History · Law · Spam and Phishing Detection

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