Self-Driving Vehicles and Smart Contracts via the Blockchain
On January 4, GM tweeted news of its collaboration with Lyft to create self-driving vehicles. This announcement came as the industry was awaiting Ford and Google to announce a partnership for self-driving vehicles this week. Both of these projects promise ripe grounds for smart contracts, blockchain-powered contracts that can tie IoT and vehicle finance together. Smart contract auto leases were among the first applications announced in 2015. Self-driving cars have to potential to be strong vehicles for smart contract technology. Auto finance contracts are particularly suited to smart....
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