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Re:Researchers: Last Year’s ICOs Had Five Security Vulnerabi... by bkor on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:01AM (#17399234)
> My point is that, in theory, it can be done well, and I believe that it can get there,

You really mean that eventually smart contracts can be reliable, no bugs, etc? I've seen procurement sign contracts with various unclear wordings in them. I've seen vendors wrongly apply contracts in their rates. It's quite common to have errors in real world contracts. I fail to see how a smart contract would work especially as it's even more complicated.

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Re:Researchers: Last Year’s ICOs Had Five Security Vulnerabi... by darawk on Thursday June 28, 2018 @02:35AM (#17414563)
Smart contracts will not replace complex traditional contracts. They will replace simple ones, especially at first. There will be issues at first, for sure. Over time people will iterate on them and there will be a library of well vetted, well understood, standardized contracts.

Also of note, smart contract does not necessarily mean no human intervention. A smart contract can appeal to an external and possibly human judge/arbitrator.

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