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Blockchain
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Socially Aware Blog
The Blockchain Revolution
Blockchain is shaping up as one of the most disruptive IT technologies since the Internet itself, with broad-ranging applications that could transform businesses across the spectrum. Companies that ignore the…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Multi-Disciplinary Team Announces Blockchain-Based Marine Insurance Platform
Consulting firm Ernst & Young recently announced that it is collaborating with Microsoft, data security firm Guardtime, and shipping and logistics conglomerate Maersk to create a marine insurance platform based…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
2017 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law
By S. Ward Atterbury, Marc S. Reiser
In its most recently completed session, the Delaware state legislature adopted amendments to various provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL). These amendments became effective August 1. While many…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Electronic Health Records and HIPAA Security: A Design Problem Fixable With Blockchain Technology?
In some respects, HIPAA has had a design problem from its inception. HIPAA is well known today as the federal law that requires protection of individually identifiable health information…
Latham.London
Coining it in: ICOs as the New Fundraising Paradigm?
By Andrew Moyle, Wenchi Hu, Simon Hawkins and Stuart Davis Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) involve issuers offering virtual coins or tokens that are created and disseminated using distributed ledger or blockchain…
Global Insurance Blog
Invitation: Implementing Blockchain in the Real World – Legal and Regulatory Issues 13 September 2017
Sign up for the Hogan Lovells DLT and blockchain conference to learn of the latest developments in the industry and to hear, first hand, how the key players in the…
Israel Global Gateway
Initial Coin Offerings: The Next Killer App on the Blockchain?
By Israel Group
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) – essentially, crowdfunding the sale of a digital bearer instrument whose sole record is on a blockchain – threaten to disrupt traditional funding methods, including public…
LawSites
Why Blockchain is Becoming the New Black in Legal
A convergence of recent events underscore the growing importance of blockchain technology in the legal industry. In fact, during an event at the recent annual conference of the International Legal Technology…
New York Venture Hub
Unchained: Delaware Authorizes Blockchain Technology for Corporate Records
On August 1, 2017, Delaware became the first state to allow corporations to record issuances, transfers and ownership of stock using blockchain technology. Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizing blockchain stock ledgers were…
China Law Insight
什么是以太坊?这10点能帮到你
By King & Wood
作者:Scott Farrell、韩巍、邬素岚、周昕 金杜律师事务所 以太坊使用区块链技术…… 以太坊依赖区块链——由他人独立核实并载于分布式账本中的交易记录。这种技术也是比特币的基础。但是,比特币区块链主要用来做一件事:进行比特币交易。而以太坊则可作为可编程的基础设施。这意味着以太坊是适应性和灵活性更强的开发平台。 ……来存放智能合约…… 所谓智能合约不过是在没有人类干涉的情况下可以执行某些功能的协议。以太坊智能合约存在于区块链上,在收到某个消息或交易信息的时候会执行一段特定的代码。例如,农作物保险的智能合约可以根据显示发生旱情的数据自动向农民付款。 ……可以启用去中心化应用程序(dapp)…… 传统的应用程序包含连接到中心化服务器上的用户界面。例如,当我们在自己的电话上与WhatsApp程序互动时,这个应用程序就会与位于世界各地的WhatsApp服务器通信。而dapp的用户界面虽然可能与传统应用程序一样,但它用以太坊网络上运行的智能合约取代了中心化的服务器。目前dapp还处于起步阶段,但是很多项目正在开发当中,力图提供去中心化文件存储和分布式计算服务。 ……还有去中心化自治组织(DAO)…… 所谓DAO是一种被重新定义的组织,能够用智能合约取代公司章程和股东协议等。 ……它们通常有自己的数码代币。 这些代币可以在dapp或DAO当中承担多种功能,比如访问网络服务或作为内部货币。dapp和DAO的开发通常由在代币销售(token sale)、代币生成活动或可以大致称之为首次代币发售(ICO)中所出售的代币来提供资金支持。 以太坊有自己的代币,叫做以太币…… 它提供基础流动性层,这样可以在以太坊网络上进行交换。以太币的机制也是就支持和使用网络支付和赚取交易费。 ……是大规模投机的目标。 和比特币一样,以太币的价格也曾大范围波动。过去的一年里,单个以太币的价格从10美元到超过400美元不等。显然,以太币表现出了显著的投机特征。 大型组织也开始参与进来…… 通过企业以太坊联盟(Enterprise Ethereum Alliance),财富五百强公司、初创企业和大学正协同合作,研究企业使用的以太坊和区块链技术。随着知识和经验的增加,我们可能会看到越来越多的企业在该平台上试验项目。政府也表现出了兴趣。例如,新加坡金融管理局(Monetary Authority of Singapore)曾用以太坊测试新加坡元的代币化版本。当然,其他重要的区块链、智能合约平台和协议也在使用中。 ……但扩展性依然是一个问题…… 与比特币类似,以太坊要求平台上的每一次交易和每一个智能合约都由网络上的所有节点独立处理。为确保网络整体保持去中心化,这是很必要的。但是这样比中心化的计算机效率低得多。在可预见的将来,用降低效率换取去中心化将会限制以太坊的使用场景。但是,目前也有其他正在开发的类似以太坊但更为注重扩展性的平台。 ……相关法规尚未建立。 在一头扎入这个领域之前,最好全面考虑特定项目的法律和监管影响。尤其是受监管行业中的企业,例如金融机构,应当在将关键的、面向客户的或处理数据的程序与以太坊这样的区块链平台结合之前,向监管机构寻求指导意见。区块链平台的相关法规尚未建立——而现行法律法规如何适用于这些平台很大程度上还没有得到检验。