Thread by @OpenLawOfficial

OpenLaw had a big year. Next year will be even better. 💥🔥🍾

Highlights below 👇

⁃ We were the first blockchain-based protocol to demonstrate an end to end legally enforceable agreement that incorporates a smart contract, helping to forge the era of Ricardian contracts.

media.consensys.net/introducing-op…

⁃ The first to demonstrate an end to end real estate transaction on Ethereum with the help from our friends at @Corrslawyers.

media.consensys.net/the-purchase-a…

⁃ The first to model portions of the US tax code as a smart contract, paving the way for real-time tax collection and showing how code actually could be law.

media.consensys.net/code-as-law-us…

⁃ The first to incorporate an oracle into a legally enforceable agreement to demonstrate a basic derivative contract and employment contract using powerful tools from @chainlink and @RhombusNetwork.

media.consensys.net/bridging-the-f…

⁃ The first to denominate a legally enforceable agreement using @MakerDAO's dai, solving volatility issues for legally enforceable agreements relying on crypto.

medium.com/@OpenLawOffici…

⁃ The first to demonstrate fractionalized ownership for IP and to tokenize IP licenses and exclusive/non-exclusive rights, charting a new path for content, art, and media companies.

medium.com/@OpenLawOffici…

The first to build and incorporate a blockchain-based arbitration system, ensuring the enforceability of decisions rendered through these systems.

media.consensys.net/opencourt-lega…

⁃ The first smart contracting platform to announce a meaningful partnership with a traditional legal technology company (@RocketLawyer)

artificiallawyer.com/2018/09/07/wha…

⁃ The first smart contracting platform that is able to be set up in a permissioned environment in minutes on @Kaleido_io.

⁃ The first blockchain based protocol to demonstrate how smart contracts can be controlled, by halting execution if needed

media.consensys.net/controlling-au…

⁃ The first blockchain-based platform to solve privacy-related issues on public chains related to legal contracting on a blockchain through our innovative OpenLaw virtual machine.

⁃ The first blockchain based legal technology platform to release and opens source a comprehensive legal markdown language that is easy enough for lawyers to use.

media.consensys.net/open-sourcing-…

- The only blockchain-based network with a growing community that is able to develop robust tools and applications using our public API.

https://twitter.com/OpenLawOfficial/status/1073235558560948225

We're just beginning. Over the next several months, we'll be announcing some exciting and prestigious partnerships and enhancements to our core tools. With Openlaw, we can radically improve legal services and increase access to justice around the globe.

Join us in our mission to build a more just and fair world.

And thanks for the coverage @FT, @BBC, @AmerBanker, @techreview, @coindesk

- coindesk.com/institutional-…
- ft.com/content/d8ebfa…
- bbc.com/capital/story/…
- technologyreview.com/s/612443/block…
- americanbanker.com/news/could-eth…