Can smart contracts learn from digital rights management?

Nicholas Paul Sheppard

doi:10.1109/MTS.2020.2967515

Can smart contracts learn from digital rights management?

Nicholas Paul Sheppard

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

While blockchain technology is best-known for cryptocurrencies, some chains also tout their ability to implement so-called "smart contracts." Ethereum, which bills itself as a "blockchain app platform," defines smart contracts as applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference (http://www.ethereum.org).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-75
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Volume	39
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2020.2967515
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

blockchains (databases)
smart contracts

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10.1109/MTS.2020.2967515

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