Topic
Blockchain
1,557 published works
Global Media and Communications Watch
Blockchain in Africa
By John Nielsen
What is Blockchain? You may have heard this term and wondered what it is (as have most of us). A blockchain is in essence a distributed digital database which maintains…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracting by Robots
A British start-up company called Luminance, which is also the name of its flagship due diligence analysis, “promises” to read documents and speed up the legal process around contracting, “potentially…
All About IP
Blockchain-Based Applications – Evolving Legal Issues
By Benjamin Beck, Dr. Ulrich Worm
Generally speaking, a Blockchain is a peer-to-peer operated distributed digital ledger that records all transactions executed for a particular asset. The ledger is "distributed" because each user of the network…
Virtual Currency Report
New Article: Blockchain – Will It Affect Your Practice or Firm?
A recent article by Ron Friedmann published in Bloomberg Law, explores what the blockchain is and its impact on law practice, business and law firm management. Click here to read the…
Financial Services Observer
Davos Report Envisions Blockchain Technology as Central to Global Banking
By Norman R. Miller, Aimee Wildstone
On Aug. 12, 2016, the World Economic Forum in Davos issued a report that predicts that distributive ledger systems, or blockchains, could enable banks to offer cheaper, faster and more…
China Law Insight
10 things you need to know about decentralised autonomous organisations
By King & Wood
By Shannon Finch, Scott Farrell, Urszula McCormack, Roslyn Hinchliffe and Jack Nelson. King & Wood Mallesons 1. DAOs are business vehicles... DAOs are a re-imagined form of business vehicle, somewhere between a…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Canadian Corporate Law; Insurance; Blockchain: New blogs joining the LexBlog Network
August trudges on. How was everyone's week? Hopefully busy but productive. Before you start your weekend, make sure you add these blogs to your blog roll, the latest ones on…
Blockchain Blog
Appearance on Unchained
Alan Cohn and I talk with Laura Shin on her Unchained podcast about the Blockchain Alliance. We also talk about how crime involving Bitcoin is similar to crime involving any new…
China Law Insight
10大要点——金融业及金融市场中的区块链
By King & Wood
作者：Scott Farrell, Kate Jackson-Maynes, Max Allan and Johanan Ottensooser. 不只是比特币。 区块链，是一项起源于比特币的科技，然而其用途远远大于电子货币。对于金融业及金融市场来说，区块链的重要性体现在有远超于比特币的潜力。 区块链是一项交易记录。 “链”指的是一组交易记录，每一次新的交易紧接着之前一次的交易。所有之前交易组成的链形成了所有权。举个例子，这个“链”的作用相当于电子化时代以前的地契系统，早期的地契和契据本记载了所有的交易，包括原始的地契授予一直追随到现在的所有权。 全文阅读，请点击此处。
International Trade Law
Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers: Can New Technologies Enhance Risk Management in Import/Export Supply Chains?
By Jeffrey I. Snyder, John Brew, Jenny E. Cieplak
Blockchains and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have the potential to provide significant tools to address import and export supply chain risk. Will these new technologies eliminate risk? Will they solve…