Blockchain and its Implications for Libraries

Abstract

This article examines the potential uses for Bitcoin and Blockchain technology in libraries. This article will also explore legal aspects of smart contracts as a means for paying for electronic resources.

Keywords:

• Bitcoin
• Blockchain
• cryptocurrencies
• contracts
• electronic resources
• electronic resource records management

Notes

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11 Hoy, “An Introduction to the Blockchain”, 273–79.

12 De Filippi and Hassan, “Blockchain Technology as a Regulatory Technology”.

13 Ibid.

14 Lemieux, “Trusting Records”, 110–39.

15 Condos, et al., “Blockchain Technology”.

16 Governatori, “On Legal Contracts, Imperative and Declarative Smart Contracts”.

17 Hoy, “An Introduction to the Blockchain”, 273–79.

18 Ibid.