Federal Bank of Atlanta on Smart Contracts: They Will Change Legal Practices
The Federal Bank of Atlanta and executive director of its Centre for Financial Innovation and Stability Larry Wall released a paper on smart contracts and their potential to change traditional legal proceedings. Wall writes: “In many circumstances, smart contracts may eventually be a more efficient way of contracting than traditional paper contracts.” Amid the birth of cryptocurrencies in 2009, a significant number of experts emphasized the important role smart contracts could play in establishing various sets of unalterable agreements on an irrefutable ledger. Some argued that the....
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