Will blockchains that various financial institutions are investing in nowadays create “smart contracts” that perform financial services without the inefficiency or risk of intervention created by an intermediary counterparty agent?
Smart contract technology, like bitcoin, can circumvent regulatory infrastructures, which could reduce costs for financial transactions. An important feature of a smart contract is the ability to reduce risk through non-discriminatory execution. The lack of a central counterparty agent can enable such contracts to service markets with greater efficiency.
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Topic: [2016-01-13] cryptocoinsnews.com : Are Smart Contracts The Future Of Blockchain? (Read 173 times)
January 13, 2016, 08:16:23 AM
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