{"id":68776,"date":"2019-11-21T09:27:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=68776"},"modified":"2019-11-21T09:27:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:27:22","slug":"permanent-verification-the-best-blockchain-use-case-for-lawyers-urban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/11\/21\/permanent-verification-the-best-blockchain-use-case-for-lawyers-urban\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent verification &#8212; the best blockchain use case for lawyers\u00a0[Urban]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/insight-permanent-verification-the-best-blockchain-use-case-for-lawyers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INSIGHT: Permanent verification &#8212; the best blockchain use case for lawyers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from news.bloomberglaw.com by Holly Urban<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In the legal sphere, many articles have addressed the ways blockchain systems can be used for \u201c<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/blockgeeks.com\/guides\/smart-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smart contracts,<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/learn\/is-cryptocurrency-legal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial transactions<\/a>\u00a0like with Bitcoin or Facebook\u2019s Libra, or other more complex scenarios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">However, a frequently overlooked use case for blockchain in the legal industry is actually much more commonplace\u2014the ability to use blockchain technology as a means to allow permanent verification of legally significant documents and data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Using blockchain technology, lawyers can\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancefraud.org\/jifa\/aug-2018\/blockchain-can-block-insurance-frau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prevent fraud<\/a>, alteration, or forgery of documents, contracts and other legal instruments, copyrighted materials, photographic or video evidence, and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Traditional document verification methods relied almost exclusively on the slow, costly, and insecure use of third party verifiers. The advent of blockchain technology is primed to make these outmoded verification methods a thing of the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INSIGHT: Permanent verification &#8212; the best blockchain use case for lawyers\u00a0&#8212; from news.bloomberglaw.com by Holly Urban Excerpt: In the legal sphere, many articles have addressed the ways blockchain systems can be used for \u201csmart contracts,\u201d\u00a0financial transactions\u00a0like with Bitcoin or Facebook\u2019s Libra, or other more complex scenarios. 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