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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
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On the intellectual origin of blockchain technology (I). Early forerunners
by Manuel González-Meneses
In my previous contribution to this blog I talked about certain intellectual obstacles that can trip up jurists when dealing with the definition of smart contract and blockchain technology. The first of these is a deficit in technology training. One of the
27 abril 2018
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There’s no such thing as public money
Over a decade ago, a top-level politician allegedly made the now-infamous statement that “nobody owns public money”. Although we do not know whether the politician actually said this and in what context, or if it is an apocryphal story. The phrase is
8 febrero 2019