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jrm4 • yesterday at 1:26 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

NO.

Because, as I say repeatedly:

Smart contracts ARE NOT CONTRACTS. Count them in the worst named things in computing.

A contract is a legal agreement that is mostly about stipulations on what to do if things go wrong.

A so-called "smart contract" is doubly bad named -- because it's just a stupid, irrevocable, unchangeable, piece of code. Imagine an ATM with the controls welded shut.