# kaal:claim:2939127-024

**Claim.** The world of blockchain and smart contracting has clearly not reached maturity, which is the first of several technological and legal limitations facing blockchain and smart contracts.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- state of the technology as of 2017

**Source quote.**

> First, the world of blockchain and smart contracting has clearly not reached maturity yet.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution* (2017), III.4. Limitations, page 29

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127

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**Failure mode.** blockchain-immaturity  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** blockchain, smart-contracts

**Keywords.** blockchain, smart-contracts, technological-maturity, limitations

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