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agreements among themselves in a secure,
consistent, reliable and private manner."
Then there's blockchain's potential
for improving law firms' internal oper-
ations. For example, international firm
K&L Gates is trying to use blockchain
to improve how it manages HR-related
and other internal information, as well
as deal documents.
Even bigger picture-wise, blockchain
may even improve lawyer morale, specu-
lates Toronto litigator and computer pro-
grammer Pulat Yunusov.
"For lawyers, blockchain offers lib-
eration from routine and basic contract
work and from trivial cases that waste
lawyers' enormous creative human
potential on what machines can do
well enough. Blockchain will automate
aspects of evidence and dispute reso-
lution, and free lawyers up to focus on
truly controversial cases that actually
advance the law," Yunusov says.
Furthermore, the technology may
offer Canada's lawyers a chance to lead
globally. Toronto-based Addison Cam-
eron-Huff is Decentral's president and
A
nyone keen to get grounded in blockchain and the law can attend community
events such as Toronto Legal Hackers, Blockchain Canada or various bitcoin
blockchain meetups to discover what entrepreneurs are building.
Online, the better sources are Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk,
Cointelegraph, distributed.com, dealbook.nytimes.com (search for content),
the blog.ethereum.org, then Twitter, Reddit and LinkedIn Collections.
Further reading
Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code, by Aaron Wright
and Primavera De Filippi
Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology behind Bitcoin
Is Changing Money, Business, and the World, by Alex Tapscott
and Don Tapscott
The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application
of the Next Internet Technology, by William Mougayar
Blockchain for Beginners: Guide to Understanding the Foundation and Basics of
the Revolutionary Blockchain Technology, by Scott Marks
Blockchain: Ultimate guide to understanding blockchain,
bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts and the future of money,
by Mark Gates
ethereum: blockchains, digital assets, smart contracts, decentralized
autonomous organizations, by Henning Diedrich
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