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Index
- 3G Internet 22
- ABA see American Bar Association
- Abra (application) 76–77
- Abu Dhabi 134
- accidental losses 117–119
- accountability 7, 19, 26, 29;
- reputation-based 62
- accuracy 30, 95–97
- algorithmic contracts 71
- Amazon 90–92, 97;
- American Bar Association (ABA) 2
- American Restatement of Restitution 1937 116
- America Online (AOL) 163–164
- Android Auto 53
- anti-money laundering regulations 92, 95, 143, 153, 156; see also money-laundering
- AOL see America Online
- Apple CarPlay 53
- arbitration: clauses 57–58, 63–64, 66;
- Arbitration Trap: How to Credit Card Companies Ensnare Consumers, The 64
- Argentina 78
- Arnold, Thelma 163–164
- artificial intelligence 8, 28, 71, 154, 207
- Ashton, Kevin 17
- ATM see automated teller machine
- auditability 36, 38, 47, 80, 172
- Australia 116, 134
- authentication: of information 18;
- authorisation 19, 43
- automated teller machine (ATM) 109
- automobile insurance 47–48
- avatars 31, 32, 152, 153
- Bacon, Jean 173–174
- Bank Act 1991 (Canada) 60, 130
- BankAmericard 82; see also Visa
- Bank for International Settlements 206
- Bank of America 66, 82
- Bank of Canada 200–201
- Bank of England 197
- banking: access to 19–20, 76, 78;
- mobile-based 20; see also banks
- banks 79;
- Bank Secrecy Act 1970 92, 93
- bargaining power 51–54, 66–67, 69, 194
- Barr, Michael S. 93
- Bartholet, Elizabeth 65
- Basel III Regulations 20
- BCR see Binding Corporate Rules
- Beale, H.G. 52
- Bear Stearns 172
- Berkson v Gogo LLC 54
- Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) 176–177
- birth certificates 19
- Bitcoin 1, 5, 35–36, 100–101;
- and credit cards 80;
- and cryptography 7;
- development 75–76;
- future outlook 191–192;
- limited amount 16;
- and maintenance/operation of Blockchain 9, 13, 15;
- and purchase of illegal goods 88–89;
- running the network 16;
- use of intermediaries 6;
- verification of legitimacy 12, 14–15; see also Bitcoin Blockchain; Bitcoin cash’; ‘Bitcoin core’; cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin Blockchain 35–36, 39, 89, 100–101, 106, 183
- ‘Bitcoin cash’ 105–106
- ‘Bitcoin core’ 103
- ‘blackballing’ 64
- ‘Black Box of Identity’ 31–32
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- anti-governmental/authority tendencies 73;
- applications of 2, 8, 17–30;
- awards for maintenance and operation of 9, 13, 15;
- carrying out transactions 9–17;
- closed 35–38;
- consumer access to 30–33;
- description 8–9;
- editable 120;
- efficiency of 80–81;
- future 185–207;
- governance of 99–124;
- infrastructure 8;
- open 35–38;
- origins of 5;
- as peer-to-peer network 99–108, 171;
- permissioned 36–37, 106, 119, 122;
- private 106, 120–121, 190–191;
- public 35, 100, 108, 112, 122, 159, 162, 164, 170–173, 182–184;
- regulatory intervention debate 186–190, 202–207;
- use of registries 24; see also Bitcoin Blockchain; Blockchain-based technologies; Blockchain tokens; Ethereum Blockchain
- Blockchain-based technologies 190–202
- Blockchain tokens 148–149;
- block numbers 13–14, 104
- Blomley v Ryan 52
- BMW 53
- border administration 27
- Brainard, Lael 199–200
- Brandeis, Louis 127, 149, 157
- Braucher, Jean 204
- broker-dealers 93
- browsewraps 55
- Burch, David 122
- business-to-business networks 37
- business-to-business transactions 56–57
- Buterin, Vitalik 38, 39, 104, 118
- Caesares, Wences 78
- California 6, 64
- Cambridge Analytica 153
- Canada 116;
- Canadian Bankers Association 59
- Canadian Securities Association (CSA) 143–144, 146–147
- Cardozo Blockchain Project 138–139
- Carney, Mark 197–200
- casinos 93
- Central Securities Depositories 25
- chain of possession 8, 17
- ‘chameleon hashes’ 123, 173
- chargebacks 84–85, 87
- chattels 24
- cheque cashers 93
- chip cards 2
- Chitty on Contracts 52
- ‘chokepoints’ 154, 155
- Clayton, Jay 142, 145
- clickwraps 50–51, 55
- cloud-based computing 174
- ‘code is law’ approach 111–112, 121
- ‘coinbase’ 15
- Coindesk Bitcoin Technology Conference 106
- Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio 52
- commercial paper 24
- ‘commercial reasonableness’ standard 57
- Commodity Futures Act 130
- confidential material 37
- consensus protocol 100;
- ConsenSys 32
- Consumer Credit Act 1974 84–85
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 61–62, 66
- consumer goods 53, 140
- consumer law 49–50, 63–64, 67
- consumer payment mechanisms 73–98
- consumer protection 23;
- consumers: access to Blockchain 30–33;
- contract law 49, 52
- contracts: algorithmic 71;
- Cooley LLP 138
- Cooperative Credit Associations Act (Canada) 130
- core developers 103–104
- corporate voting 25
- corruption 24
- credit bureaux 25
- credit card companies 64–65; see also credit cards
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- credit history 25, 94
- credit ratings 20, 23, 94
- Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act 1994 130
- creditworthiness 20, 45
- crowdfunding 138, 141
- crowd-sale 109
- cryptocurrencies 5, 23, 73;
- acceptance of 88;
- Blockchain-based 3–4, 74;
- as a consumer payment mechanism 190–196;
- and consumer protection 86–89;
- in developed economies 79–82;
- in developing countries 74–79;
- exchanges 31, 93, 105, 155–156;
- and inflation 74–79;
- and money-laundering 154–157;
- nefarious aspect of 195–196;
- risks 30–31, 84, 86–89; see also Bitcoin; Ether
- ‘cryptographic proof’ 6
- cryptography 5, 11;
- CSA see Canadian Securities Association
- customer service 23, 66, 98, 206
- DAO see Decentralised Autonomous Organisation
- data: aggregation 159;
- anonymised 160, 165, 170;
- collection requirements 21;
- controllers 168, 170–171, 174–175, 179;
- harvesting 6;
- mining 158–159, 162–165, 181, 184;
- processing 167, 169;
- profiling 167;
- pseudonymised 159, 160–165, 167, 170;
- removal 159;
- scrubbing techniques 160;
- transparency 25;
- warehousing 158; see also personal data
- De, Nikhilesh 94
- debit card issuers 81–82
- Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) 108–118, 121, 141, 183;
- decision-making 17, 108
- deflation 15, 198
- Denationalisation of Money 199
- Denning, Lord M.R. 54
- DevOps 199 118, 119
- diamonds 28
- Digicash 5
- digital credit 23
- digital identifiers 10
- digital identity 20, 45–46
- digital technology 6
- diplomas 19
- dispute resolution 55–66, 194;
- distributed ledgers 32, 67, 151, 179–180, 184, 200, 202, 207; see also distributed ledger technology (DLT)
- distributed ledger technology (DLT) 35, 36, 119, 173, 190, 207;
- dividends 46
- DLT see distributed ledger technology
- DNA-based technologies 29
- documentation 26–28
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 61, 83
- Domingo, Analie 76–77
- dot.com era 82
- double spend problem 5–6, 11, 12
- driving licences 42–43
- due diligence 20–21, 77, 92–93, 129, 156
- e-Bay 67
- eCash 75
- e-commerce 67–68, 91
- economic efficiency 3, 77, 185
- economic growth 20, 28
- economies of scale 24
- electricity: lack of 22;
- Elvy, Stacy-Ann 165
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 (ERISA) 135–136
- England 116
- English law 52
- equity security 132
- ERISA see Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974
- error correction 99–124; see also human error
- escrow: mechanisms 87;
- services 43
- Ether 39, 109–110, 118
- Ethereum Blockchain 38–41, 104;
- Ethereum Classic 112, 122
- Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) 38–39
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- Everledger 28
- EVM see Ethereum Virtual Machine
- external events processing 47
- extrinsic evidence 113–114
- Facebook 153
- Fair Credit Reporting Act 2012 94
- ‘fat finger syndrome’ 22
- Faura, Julio 142
- finance gambling 23
- financial accessibility 47
- financial accounts 19
- financial applications 40
- Financial Conduct Authority 58–59
- Financial Consumer Agency 60
- financial data recording 47
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 95
- financial institutions 92;
- supervision 20; see also financial service providers
- financial services 18, 37;
- FINRA see Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- ‘flag day’ 104
- Flood, Mark D. 200
- food industry 29
- food products 29–30
- food safety 30
- forgery 19
- ‘forking’ 97, 104–107, 110–111
- France 134
- Fratto, Natalie 181–182
- fraud 14, 21, 123, 124
- ‘Fresno drop’ 82–83
- Gates, Bill 79
- GDP see gross domestic product
- GDPR see General Data Protection Regulation
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 151–152, 160, 166–177, 206
- Geva, Benjamin 75, 76
- GitHub 103, 104, 118
- Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation 26
- global financial crisis 1, 61, 62
- global value chains 26
- gold standard 198, 199
- Goodenough, Oliver 116, 177
- Google 182
- Great Depression 126
- Greenspan, Gideon 120–123
- gross domestic product (GDP) 28
- Guest, A.G. 113–114
- hackers 7, 8
- hard fork 97, 104, 105, 110–112, 115, 118–119, 121
- hash algorithms 11–14
- hashgraphs 103
- Hayek, Friedrich 198–199
- Hazan, Thomas Lee 127
- health insurance 162–163
- Heap, Imogen 48
- Hertig, Alyssa 105
- Holmes of Richmond, Lord 19
- House of Lords 19
- human error 97, 121, 194, 204; see also error correction
- hyperinflation 78–79
- IBM 27, 29, 30, 55, 182
- ICO see Initial Coin Offering
- illiteracy 22
- immutability 8, 24, 120–123, 207
- income disparities 20
- ‘inequality of bargaining power’ doctrine 54; see also bargaining power
- inflation 74–79;
- global 15
- information: authentication 18;
- infrastructure problems 22
- Initial Coin Offering (ICO) 109, 125–140, 188, 203–204;
- Initial Public Offering (IPO) 125, 127–129, 141, 150
- Insurance Act (Canada) 130
- insurance companies 48, 135
- intellectual property 48
- Inter-bank clearing 37
- interdependence of economies 19
- intermediaries 4, 6, 156, 176;
- International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act see also Patriot Act 2001 Title III
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- Internet 9, 86, 87
- Internet of Information 17
- Internet of Things 17, 28, 43, 47, 53, 70
- interoperability 8
- investment contracts 130, 132–133, 144
- IPO see Initial Public Offering
- ISO 20022 25
- Lamport’s Paxos protocol 100
- legacy technologies 2
- legitimacy: of laws 187;
- lending agreements 43–44
- Levy, Steven Mark 126
- lex cryptographica 187
- Lex Mercatoria 85
- liability 45, 92;
- libertarianism 6, 15
- litigation 57, 86, 128
- livestock 29
- Lloyds Bank v Bundy 54
- Loan and Trust Corporations Act 130
- low-income individuals 20–23; see also poor, the; poverty
- Lubarsky, Boris 160, 161
- Lubin, Joe 32
- Lumb, Richard 121
- MacIntosh, Jeffrey 131
- Mansfield, Lord 115–116
- Massachusetts, State of 162
- McCamus, John D. 116
- meat production 29
- medical information 19
- Merrill Lynch 172
- microfinance 20–22
- microloans 20
- Microsoft 182
- miners 11, 13–16, 37, 99, 104–105, 108, 119, 183; see also nodes; mining
- mining 13, 16, 80, 102, 104, 106, 120, 182;
- mobile devices 22
- mobile phones 22; see also smartphones
- money laundering: characteristics 153–157;
- Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 93
- money transmission services 18, 73, 75, 77, 156; see also money transmitters
- money transmitters 93, 94
- Morris, Lord 113
- mortgages 47
- Moses v Macferlan 115
- M-Pesa program 23
- multiple identities 31
- multi-signature protocols 10
- multi-signature transactions 43
- music distribution systems 48
- NAF see National Arbitration Forum
- Nakamoto, Satoshi 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 36, 100–101, 152–153, 165, 179
- National Arbitration Forum (NAF) 65
- National Consumer Law Center (USA) 63
- national identity documents 18
- national insurance numbers 19
- Neustar Research 162
- New York Agreement (NYA) 107
- New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission 161–162
- New Zealand 116
- Nicholls, Christopher 131
- nodes 9, 11–15, 100–105, 119–120, 173–174, 183;
- nonces 13, 15
- non-financial applications 40
- North America 3, 46, 62, 115, 165, 172;
- North American International Auto Show 53
- ombudsman 58–61
- one-computer-one-vote system 14
- one-vote-to-one-IP-address 14
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- Ontario 126–128, 130;
- Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) 128, 134
- oracles: role of 41–49;
- smart 42
- OSC see Ontario Securities Commission
- Pacific Coast Coin Exchange v Ontario Securities Commission 133
- Parity 118
- Parol Evidence Rule 113
- passwords 117–118, 193; see also private keys
- Patriot Act 2001 Title III 92–93
- payment mechanisms 75; see also consumer payment mechanisms
- PBFT protocol see Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) protocol
- personal data 160–161, 167–171, 173–175, 178, 180;
- definition 167; see also data
- personal identity 20;
- personal information 31, 151, 153;
- personal property: registries 24;
- Security/Uniform Commercial Code filings 46
- policy-making 189–190
- Poloz, Stephen 201
- Polytechnic University of Milan 137
- poor, the 20; see also low-income individuals; poverty
- Popper, Nathanial 78
- Postal Service 93
- post-trade services 25
- poultry 29
- poverty 20–22
- Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) protocol 102–103, 121
- practice licences 19
- privacy: definition of 157;
- Privacy by Design approach 152, 178–180
- private keys 9–10, 39, 96, 153, 161;
- private placement exemption 134–136, 138;
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) 93
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (UK) 93
- pro-consumer rules 91
- production process 29
- Project Jasper 200–201
- proof of space protocol 102
- proof of stake protocol 102
- proof of work protocol 12–13, 101–102, 104, 106, 120
- property owners 24
- property rights 24
- Prosser, William 157–158
- Protocol Labs 138
- provenance 28–29;
- Provenance (online platform) 28
- proxy voting 25, 46
- pseudonymisation 159, 160–165, 167, 170
- Public Citizen (advocacy group) 64
- public keys 6, 9–10, 151–153, 161
- Radin, Margaret Jane 69
- Ramey, Corrine 155
- ratings 70
- RBC see Royal Bank of Canada
- real property registries 24
- real-time exposure monitoring 47
- recursive flaw 109
- Regulation Z 83, 84, 86, 90, 96
- remittances 18, 75–76
- Right to be Forgotten 151
- Right to Rectify Errors 151
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 126
- Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) 94
- royalties 48
- rule of law 4, 24, 186–188
- safety assurance 29–30
- SAFT approach 125–126, 138–140, 148–149
- Sale of Goods Act 85
- ‘savvy subgroup defence’ 69
- scrollwraps 55
- seafood 28
- SEC see Securities and Exchange Commission
- SEC v Ralston Purina Company 135–136
- SEC v W.J. Howey Co. 132–133, 143, 149, 150
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- secret keys 123
- Securities Act 1933 (Ontario) 126–127, 130, 133
- Securities and Exchange Act 1934 (USA) 126, 132, 133, 143
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 128, 142, 145–146
- securities depositories 25, 46
- securities intermediaries 25
- securities laws 125–136
- security: definition 131–132;
- equity 132
- ‘segregated witness’ see also Segwit; Segwit2x
- Segwit 106–107, 112
- Segwit2x 107–108
- self-execution 71
- self-regulation 62
- semi-financial contracts 40
- Sergey, Ilya 119
- Serious Crime Act 2015 93
- SHA-256 algorithm 11
- Shared Coin (application) 155
- short-term loans 20
- shrinkwraps 50–51
- Siegel, David 108–109
- sign-in wraps 55
- ‘Silk Road’ website 88
- smart chips 28
- smart contracts 35, 114–115;
- and arbitration 55–66;
- for automobile insurance 47–48;
- and consumer law 49–55;
- definition 41;
- for derivatives 47;
- and digital identity 45–46;
- and Ethereum Blockchain 38–41, 118–119;
- examples 41–49;
- for financial data recording 47;
- legal challenges 49–55, 57;
- for mortgages 47;
- for records 46;
- role of oracles 41–49;
- for securities 46;
- standard terms 66–72;
- for trade finance 46;
- and transaction costs 56–57, 114;
- as a vending machine 70–71;
- and smart oracles 42; see also Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO)
- smartphones 22, 53, 76, 78
- ‘sniping’ programs 67–68
- social insurance numbers 19
- social security numbers 19
- soft fork 104, 105, 110
- software: consensus approach to upgrading 36;
- spoilage 28
- statistical noise 159
- Stiglitz, Joseph 191
- Stinchcombe, Kai 80, 88
- stock exchanges 36
- stock splits 46
- stored value cards 2, 75
- streaming 48
- succession events 47
- supply chain 28;
- Supreme Court of Canada 133
- Supreme Court of the United States 135
- ‘suspicious activity report’ 93
- Sweeney, Latanya 163
- SWIFT 25, 174
- Szabo, Nick 41, 70–71
- tampering 14, 18–19, 26, 30, 80, 95, 185
- Tapscott, Don 5, 195
- technical support 23
- third world countries 22
- time-stamp 11–12, 17, 24, 26, 36, 101, 103
- Tockar, Anthony 162
- token sales 137, 141; see also Bitcoin tokens; Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
- tort law 157–158
- transaction costs 194;
- Transaction Costs rule 3
- transactions 35–72;
- transparency 7, 37, 47;
- data 25
- ‘trust problem’ 5–33, 88, 194
- trustworthiness 88
- Truth in Lending Act 1968 83
- UCC see Uniform Commercial Code
- Ulbricht, Ross 88–89
- ‘unbanked, the’ 20
- unconscionability doctrine 53–54
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) 50–51, 54;
- chargeback 85
- United Kingdom: adoption of distributed ledgers by central bank 197–198;
- United States: credit cards 82–86;
- United States Congress 83
- United States Federal Reserve 15, 199
- United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 25–26
- Università Bocconi 137
- unjust enrichment principle 115–116
- user accounts 39, 93
- user ID 24