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Smart contracting cannot ensure the flexibility in interpreting intent that human interaction requires, because smart contract code does not follow the same logic on similar terms as natural human language.

Human interaction requires flexibility in interpreting intent that cannot be ensured by smart contracting because smart contract code does not follow the same logic on similar terms as natural human language.

Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019), IV. Downsides of Smart Contracts, p. 5
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Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3405401

• interpretation of party intent is required

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• restated_by kaal:claim:3406323-032 Smart contracts fail to accommodate human business interaction because code does not follow the same logic on ...
• extended_by kaal:claim:3441904-031 The cost of translating coded contractual intent into natural language has the potential to become overwhelmin...
• restated_by kaal:claim:3411897-032 Human business interactions require a flexibility that is at odds with the merciless mathematical logic of sma...

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