Category: Cryptocurrency
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2017 Emerging Legal Technology Forum: Examining the Blockchain Business Revolution
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski TORONTO — With a nearly palpable pre-session buzz, the blockchain panel at the Thomson Reuters 2017 Emerging Legal Technology Forum finally took stage in the afternoon, titillating attendees with an in-depth overview surrounding the technology’s pending impact on the legal landscape. The primary focus of the panel discussion…
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Blockchain, a Disruptive Force Now Impacting the Legal Industry
Originally published in LegalBusinessWorld By Joseph Raczynski Blockchain, a Disruptive Force Now Impacting the Legal Industry Defining the technology and citing real world examples in Legal Basics of Blockchain We are at the precipice of transformative change in nearly every industry. Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is the cornerstone of this rapidly evolving new era…
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Understanding the Impact of Emerging Legal Tech: What is Here, What is Coming & What is Important?
This was originally posted in The Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski Major credit for these events goes to the respective Field teams in Boston, New York, and Hartford as well as home office – Marketing – on pulling these off with aplomb! A special thanks to the Thomson Reuters Labs for their deep…
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Emerging Technology in the Legal Industry (Video)
By Joseph Raczynski In this Vlog, learn about Emerging Technology in the Legal industry. I focus on the impact of the Trinity of Forces (Cloud, Infinite Processing Power and AI) on Emerging Technology in the Legal industry. The Emerging Technologies discussed are: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Analytics, VR/MR/AR (Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality) and…
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Blockchain Podcast from the British Legal Technology Forum 2017
Legal Technology and Blockchain. How I anticipate this will impact the legal industry.
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ILTACON 2016: When Will Blockchain and Smart Contracts Be Important in Legal?
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — If someone had told you in 1993 that the Web would be integral to your life today, would you have believed them? Well, the discussion around blockchain technology at ILTACON 2016 harkened back to that same scenario of the early ‘90s. This is a reboot, where another new technology will revolutionize…
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Blockchain White Paper
By Joseph Raczynski Abstract: This white paper discusses the history, inner workings and applications of blockchain, an online public ledgering system, and how it will soon significantly impact many aspects of the legal industry. The first part of this paper will show the marvels and the pitfalls of Bitcoin and its underlining blockchain technology. The second part will describe what…
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Blockchain Has Arrived in Legal: Important Observations from Consensus 2017
By Joseph Raczynski Originally published in The Legal Executive Institute NEW YORK — There was a real moment of inflection recently for me in how I think about the coupling of the legal industry and Blockchain. Having been involved in Bitcoin since 2011 and an evangelist on the topic with dozens of talks in the U.S.…
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Building Our Blockchain Future (Part 3) – Beyond Bitcoin – Blockchain and the Legal Impact
By Joseph Raczynski This is the third and final post in a series about blockchain, an online public ledgering system, and how it will soon significantly impact many aspects of the legal industry. In the first post, I demonstrated the potential and the pitfalls of Bitcoin and its underlining blockchain technology; and in the second…
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Building Our Blockchain Future (Part 2) – Future Legal Payments Through Cryptocurrency
By Joseph Raczynski This is the second post in a three-post series about blockchain, an online public ledgering system, and how it will soon significantly impact many aspects of the legal industry. In the first post, I demonstrated the potential and the pitfalls of Bitcoin and its underlining blockchain technology. The intent of this post…
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Building Our Blockchain Future (Part 1) – Passage through Mt. Gox
The intent of this post is to show the marvels and the pitfalls of Bitcoin and its underlining blockchain technology. My personal account shared below is an experience with the currency beginning five years ago until today and the subsequent posts will embark on a legal discussion of the real magic behind Bitcoin, blockchain. Blockchain…