Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code

摘要

22 Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code reveals the myriad ways in which blockchain technology has far greater potential than simply bitcoin. Primavera De Filippi and Aaron Wright demonstrate how blockchain technology is currently being used and how further possible uses have profound consequences for governments, legal relationships, and law enforcement around the world.23 The primary goal of the book is to identify how blockchain technology fits into lawmaking and government formation. To support this endeavor, the book provides extensive explanations about the technology and current uses of block-chain technology in legal systems around the world. The book is a tremendous introduction to blockchain technology, as well as all the related and supportive technologies needed for a blockchain to operate. Divided into five parts, the book has three sections examining blockchain technology, current legal uses (such as intellectual property and contract law), and the legal implications of and for block-chain technology in the future. The book does an excellent job scaffolding the complex technological information to guide those unfamiliar with the content toward the book's conclusion.