Blockchain and smart contracts - dispute resolution challenges

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Emma Stevens, Associate Solicitor - Dispute Resolution, Coffin Mew, explains what smart contracts are, how they can benefit organisations, and how the law is set to change

A smart contract is a self-executing contract. Computer scientist Nick Szabo famously described a smart contract as "a set of promises, specified in digital form, including protocols within which t...

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