Blockchain: is self-regulation sufficient?
It is happening in silence. Even as its arrival is being whispered about, it is laying the foundation for an inevitable future. It is the new digital revolution1 and it is based on the new…
Blockchain: I Chapter, Blockchain technology and its applications
SUMMARY: 1.1 BLOCKCHAIN: A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY; 1.2 BLOCKCHAIN FROM 1.0 TO 3.0.; 1.3 A GLANCE AT THE IMMEDIATE AND DISTANT FUTURE. ‘The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information….
Blockchain: II Chapter, The objectives of regulation
SUMMARY: 2.1. UNDERSTANDING REGULATIONS; 2.2. THE BIRTH OF NEW REGULATIONS; 2.3. THE PURPOSE OF REGULATIONS. ‘Being caught up in a game without having a clue about the rules, may be extremely maddening and frustrating. Liberty…
Blockchain: III Chapter, The current situation
SUMMARY: 3.1. EARLY REGULATIONS AND ACTIONS BY STATES; MOST SIGNIFICANT CASES; SHOULD TECHNOLOGY ITSELF BE REGULATED AS DISTINCT FROM APPLICATION? ‘In that sense, technological innovations are similar to legislative acts of political foundings that establish…
Blockchain: IV Chapter, Analysis
SUMMARY: 4.1. WHAT: IS IT THE DLT TECHNOLOGY OR THE APPLICATION WHICH MUST BE REGULATED? 4.2. WHO AND HOW: DO WE NEED A SPECIFIC NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OR WHO SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO…
Blockchain: Bibliography
Abramowicz M, ‘Cryptocurrency-Based Law’ (2015) George Wash U, Research Paper 2015-9 Acheson N, ‘Blockchain Regulation: Is Europe Getting It Right?’ (CoinDesk Weekly Journal, 15 May 2017) www.coindesk.com/blockchain-regulation-europe-getting-right accessed 18 June 2017 Acheson N, ‘Regulating Ethereum?…
Blockchain: Conclusion
It may seem a rash comparison but the book, Empire of Cotton, [159] by Sven Beckert, springs to mind. It is a seductive and disarming narrative about the global world from Marco Polo to Walmart….
