NIST releases Blockchain Technology Overview

In, January 2018, NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, released Blockchain Technology Overview.  The document is thought for readers with little or no knowledge of blockchain technology Public comment period: January 24, 2018 through February 23, 2018 Full text available here  

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Manav Gupta, Blockchain for dummies

Author provides details to better understand blockchain technology and its potential for streamlining business operations.   The full text can be downloaded at https://www.ibm.com…

Giulio Coraggio, Who is liable for blockchain?

The author discusses “one of the main issues affecting public blockchain [which] is the inability of controlling and stopping its functioning”. Does this “mean that none is liable for illegal activities performed through a DAO? Or on the contrary, the mere participation to the DAO creates a dristributed liability of all its participants as a […]

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Some considerations about Bitcoin for lawyers

Bitcoin is a virtual currency (or crypto-currency) having an equivalent value in real currency (but with great fluctuation) not backed by any country’s central bank or government. The origin of the currency are uncertain and related back to late 2008/early 2009. See more at Man said to create bitcoin denies it; Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic […]

Francesca Giannoni-Crystal, Some considerations about Bitcoin for lawyers

Bitcoin is a virtual currency (or crypto-currency) having an equivalent value in real currency (but with great fluctuation) not backed by any country’s central bank or government. The origin of the currency are uncertain and related back to late 2008/early 2009. See more at Man said to create bitcoin denies it; Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System; Wikipedia. […]

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