North Carolina = great place for Bitcoin startup
From Bravenewcoin.com, an article about how North Carolina (my home state) is a fabulous place to start a Bitcoin business, and how it’s setting its sights on serving the crypto industry.
Blockchain data as evidence?
I spent four hours waiting in a rural courthouse today, watching cases that gave me a lot of food for thought about using blockchain data in administration of civil justice. One question is how to treat blockchain data as evidence. Read More …
“Super” contracts: unlocking the power of smart contracts
“Smart” contracts built on blockchain technology are in their infancy, but they will grow up to be “super” contracts that redefine commerce. Smart contracts are computer programs that self-execute terms according to whether conditions programmed into the contract are met. Read More …
NC Bank Comm’r: some Bitcoin business not regulated under money transmitters act
In a reversal of position from of legislation considered last term, the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks updated its FAQ page today to clarify that certain businesses dealing in virtual currencies, including miners, are not covered under the Money Transmitters Read More …
Smart Contracts and the UCC #2: Secured Transactions
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code describes the rules for transactions where collateral is pledged as security for a debt. Article 9 covers any kind of property that may be given as collateral other than real property. This is Read More …
Series: Smart Contracts and the UCC #1
Smart contracts have the potential to touch a dizzying number of areas that have well-developed rules of law. Predictable and reliable commercial laws allow people to limit risk in business so that they may focus their energy on growth of Read More …
Bitcoin: a regulator’s perspective from Jersey
Channel island Jersey is in the process of drafting regulation for virtual currencies to provide user protection and security while promoting business development in virtual currency markets. The Chief Minister’s consultation paper is a thorough discussion of policy issues in Read More …
Practical collaborative law on the blockchain
As I watch folks wrangle with the nature of cryptolegal space, my biggest clients are already starting to use blockchain fintech. I got referrals of blockchain stored contracts last month at my office. We need practical skills now, and the Read More …
Consensys Ethereum Tutorial
Ethereum is gaining momentum and blossoming with tutorials on how to make useful projects. The models are getting easier to use for noobs like me. I like this one from Consensys: A 101 Noob Intro to Programming Smart Contracts on Read More …
Stitches in Time: Why the Blockchain Needs (a few) More Lawyers
Blockchain and law: inevitable bedfellows One of the promised boons of blockchain technology is elimination of lawyers and other middlemen in commerce, but for seminal blockchain creators, law is as important a facet of distributed ledger as the value Read More …