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> I'm no lawyer, but I think it's compatible with contract law... There was a neat talk from the silicon valley ethereum meetup a few months ago where a lawyer
by floatrock 12y ago
> I'm no lawyer, but I think it's compatible with contract law...
There was a neat talk from the silicon valley ethereum meetup a few months ago where a lawyer dives into the technical definition of a legal 'contract' and what parts of that Ethereum code does and does not satisfy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLK3lbENRc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLK3lbENRc
(One of the key insights there is although Ethereum uses the term 'contract' to describe its autonomous code, Ethereum contracts do not by themselves satisfy the criteria for a legal contract in common jurisdictions... 'autonomous agent' would be a better term for Ethereum to use)
All of these links I got from people on a discussion on r/ethereum the other week: http://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/27gdhc/are_you_allowed_to_give_corporate_shareholder/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/27gdhc/are_you_all...
- compleatang 12y agoAgree; indeed, I tried to make the same point at my talk at an Amsterdam Ethereum meetup a while ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFqOfR5a7I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFqOfR5a7I