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   "text": "A smart contract is a computer program code or protocol that automates the verification, execution, and enforcement of specific terms and conditions of a contractual arrangement.",
   "abstract": "a smart contract refers to a computer program code or protocol that automates the verification, execution, and enforcement of certain terms and conditions of a \"contractual\" arrangement.",
   "citation": "Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933",
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   "text": "Rigid code is law smart contracts over fungible currency are built to guarantee irreversible, unreviewable, self executing outcomes, which is a poor match for business because business ventures very rarely proceed exactly as imagined at the outset.",
   "abstract": "Further, rigid \"code is law\" smart contracts involving fungible currency exchanges are designed to guarantee irreversible, unreviewable, programmed self-execution. Very rarely does any business venture proceed exactly as imagined from the begin- ning.",
   "citation": "Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214",
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