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Jurists and smart contracts
by Manuel González-Meneses
Jurists tend to come up against two large obstacles when it comes to dealing with smart contracts:– The first problem is coming to grips with the technology; both the specific technology involved in the architecture and mechanics of a blockchain, and general
9 marzo 2018
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Crossroad for unions: domestic or international?
A noticeable change in recent labor union history is a gradual departure from their original international ideas by increasingly narrowing them down to local or domestic matters. The old idea of international proletarianism, and the aspiration to defend
11 mayo 2018
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Document integrity in the digital environment: from depositing the media to the hash function: Exploring the Digital Frontier III
by Manuel González-Meneses
In the previous post in this series, I tried to explain how digitization is a unique way of converting information to a binary digital code (a “linguistic” question of how data is coded) so that management of that information can be mechanized
22 marzo 2019
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On electrons, bits and code: exploring the digital frontier II
by Manuel González-Meneses
When us attorneys move about the digital world with a specifically law-based mindset (that is, not as mere tech users), the first thing we run up against are the very concepts of the digital world or, better yet, the terminology. We start throwing
18 enero 2019
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On the intellectual origin of blockchain (II). Recent forerunners
by Manuel González-Meneses
In the first post in this series on the intellectual origin of blockchain technology, I talked about two figures I consider to be early forerunners: Alan Turing and John von Neumann. In this second installment, I will look at two more recent figures: Tim May
8 junio 2018
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On the intellectual origin of blockchain (III). More on the recent forerunners
by Manuel González-Meneses
I ended the previous post on the subject of David Chaum and how his DigiCash did not lead to a proper break with traditional cash. The disruptive leap in this respect, even if still only in a theoretical or speculative realm, is attributable to the following
6 julio 2018