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Elizabeth Wright
Elizabeth Wright
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May 29, 2023
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Before deeply understanding the smart contracts, let’s remember the meaning of the term ‘contract’. A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties.
Smart Contracts (also self-executing contracts, blockchain contracts, digital contracts) is a digital form of agreement stored in the blockchain, automatically-executed without the participation of intermediaries when certain conditions are met. Initially, the idea of smart contracts was published by Nick Szabo in 1997 at the example of automated vending machines.
For Example, you need to buy a product with a specific characteristic, a particular color, and quality. It means conditions or rules beyond a simple cryptocurrency money transfer protocols can run. Smart contract addresses need specific validation for blockchain applications.
The main idea of smart contracts is to eliminate the interpretation discrepancy of the contract terms by the parties. Smart Contracts are making able to trust instead of using the judicial system.
Smart contracts are based on blockchain technology the decentralized system of which allows users to manage transactions, transfer information, and material value without banks and intermediaries. Smart contracts follow only the instructions given to them. Between the nodes of the platform, the contract is distributed and copied multiple times. The contract is performed in accordance with the contract terms after the trigger happens. The program checks the implementation of the commitments automatically.
Still, the most common use of smart contracts is the simple transfer of cryptocurrency assets. But it’s possibilities wider:
You can use smart contracts in everyday life situations, but its greatest potential is in the financial sector. Smart contracts help solve the problem of mistrust between parties and partners. For example:
Innovative or revolutionary, it is also commercially useful or capable of solving actual legal problems.
ContractSmart ContractsPaper version of documentsVirtual documentBased on law and legislationBased on the codeLegal languageComputer languageTerms of the contract can be changed, rewritten or interpreted differentlyTerms of the contract cannot be changed as it is encoded in the blockchainThe help of a notary, a lawyer and appeals to public servicesExcluding the intervention of third partiesNot Anonymous, personal meeting of two parties requiredAnonymous, without personal presenceTransactions are conducted in currency through banksConducted using cryptocurrencyExchange of values occurs instantlyThe exchange of values occurs with delaysThere are no guarantees. Any law can be circumventedGuaranteed security of the transactionCommunication discrepancyConflict-freeYou can change the conditionsAll conditions are strictly followedThe probability of fraud, bribery, bribery is very highScam and fraud excludedLegal assistance is needed to draw up a regular contractThe smart contract is quite difficult to make yourself
Why is it our future? Smart contracts are more flexible than a real contract, powerful feature, if properly designed and coded, will displace traditional legal contracts and improve the ability for two parties to ensure that contracts of all types can be better enforced and as a result in autonomous, efficient and transparent systems.
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