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- Extremely costly
- Very slow
> One concept: Kill the middlemain
You're not killing middlemen. The moment you step outside blockchain, you need middlemen.
When you need someone to verify that this esoteric code actually encodes you contract, you need middlemen. etc.
> Easy, next one.
If you ignore reality, everything is easy, sure.
BTW. Contracts-as-code have been done since computers became a thing.
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- Extremely costly
- Very slow
> One concept: Kill the middlemain
You're not killing middlemen. The moment you step outside blockchain, you need middlemen.
When you need someone to verify that this esoteric code actually encodes you contract, you need middlemen. etc.
> Easy, next one.
If you ignore reality, everything is easy, sure.
BTW. Contracts-as-code have been done since computers became a thing.