Crypto-Counseling: Smart Contracts in Psychotherapy (Part 2: Practical Application in the Sharing Economy)
Cryptography and smart contracts will give counselors and other mental health professionals freedom to choose how they conduct business, and ethical regulations will be imposed in a decentralized and peaceful fashion based on network consensus. This privatization of counseling will ensure fairness as well as punish shoddy therapists. It will also abolish....
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