A French court recently determined that Code Is Law. Essentially. And the decision — somewhat ironically for an industry that usually accepts that exploits happen (and may even be a necessary step ...

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After The DAO experiment failed, a heated policy debate ensued about how to go forward with the development of ethereum's blockchain. The positions ranged from holding on to the immutability paradigm ...

Ekin Genç is DL News’ Editor-in-Chief. Opinions expressed are his own. The world was transfixed last week when thieves in construction vests at the Louvre managed to vanish with jewels worth more than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. At its core, the “code is law” philosophy suggests that smart contracts—self-executing contracts written into blockchain ...

A boat mooring regulation could be corrected in Annapolis. City officials say the wording of the law did not match the intent ...

Around 70,000 years ago, humans developed the unique ability to create and believe in shared fictions. These stories—from religions to nations to money—enabled large-scale human cooperation in ways no ...

The new series of laws and provisions set out in the revised section on crimes and penalties in the Code of Canon Law will help the Catholic Church in its efforts at safeguarding, said two canon ...

Crypto fans have argued that code can be a better arbitrator than traditional regulators. By Ephrat Livni This article is part of our latest DealBook special report on the trends that will shape the ...