kaal:claim:5554218-018

Escrow based enforcement is effective for automation only if it is supported by reliable oracles and robust governance, without which the mechanism is open to manipulation.

Source quote, verbatim

Escrow mechanisms, while effective for automation, require reliable oracles and robust governance to prevent manipulation, as emphasized by Zhao and Chen.

From

Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025), 2.6.4 Challenges and Future Directions, p. 16
https://ssrn.com/abstract=5554218 · source PDF

Cite as

Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) Building the Legal Infrastructure for the Digital Era (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5554218

Holds when

escrow arrangements embedded in smart contracts
real world conditions that must be verified off chain

Classification

conditionsupport: arguedfailure: Oracle and governance dependency of escrow enforcementfamily: oracle-and-input-corruptionsmart-contractsgovernance-designcompliance

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