"Smart contract" is a very useful concept & phrase. "Smart" as in "smart phone" (shorthand for computerized phone), "contract" meaning it does some important things we previously relied on contracts to do for our deals, especially controlling assets & incentivizing performance.https://twitter.com/timoncc/status/1051420695488552960 …
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It shows a profound misunderstanding of what? Also not clear how Rothbardian property law/theory analogies to “9/10ths” presumptions in property disputes are apposite here? Please explain/clarify.
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I think his meaning is quite clear: Since smart contracts automatically execute, the liability of legal non-enforceability is overbalanced by their inherent avoidance the legal system to as high a degree as possible.
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Indeed, there are many contexts e.g. cross-border financial deals between individuals, in which the costs of legal recourse are usually prohibitive -- the burden of lawsuit outweighs the ex ante (and often even ex-post) benefit of its use to incentivize performance.
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Very true. Not to mention the biggest 'transaction cost' of all--which is that when two parties sufficiently distrust one or more of the applicable legal systems, the 'transaction' simply might never occur at all. Trust-minned escrows could seal deals that otherwise wouldn't go.
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Indeed, cross-border financial transactions between nearly all individuals are extremely rare, but have IMHO vast potential if their performance could be efficiently incentivized.
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The question isn’t whether there’s vast potential. The question is whether “smart contract” & “smart property” terminology are the best tactical/strategic choices for global scaling.
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Agreed, a quality smart contract is created with self enforcement. The whole point is the elimination of the 3rd party.
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You meant "Contract" as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract … anyway, didn't you?


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No. (That's another and different metaphorical use of the term "contract", one much further removed from the original meaning than the metaphor in "smart contract").
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Ultimately the final tie breaker is a duelpic.twitter.com/hlJm62SwT0
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the smartest contract of all
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