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Herian, Robert (2018). Legal Recognition of Blockchain Registries and Smart Contracts. EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12449.86886/1
Abstract
The interrelatedness between computer systems, networks, code, and traditional law and legal frameworks continues to pose a number of important and vexed questions. This report will consider one area of the relationship: legal recognition of distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain applications. Specifically, registers appended to blockchains (thereby creating “blockchain registries”), and “smart contracts” executed on blockchains