On July 2, 2018, an interdisciplinary study day on Blockchains was held at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, which brought together computer scientists, economists, lawyers, entrepreneurs, lawyers and representatives of the State. This event was organized by Vincent DANOS (CNRS, INRIA, ENS), Alexis COLLOMB (CNAM, ILB), Primavera from FILIPPI (CNRS, Berkman Center) and myself. The videos of this day are ...
For a reasoned regulation of ICOs
Note: this article was translated from French by an automated tool The French bill relating to Initial Coin Offerings is said to be tabled imminently. Here is the column that Adrien Basdevant and I have just published on the Institut Montaigne website. Launched in 2014 by Ethereum, which had chosen to finance itself by offering its own token, ether, against bitcoins, the phenomenon of ...
The apprehension of blockchains by the law. Questions from Assas Legal Innovation.
Note: this article was translated from French by an automated tool The young and dynamic (and sympathetic) team of Assas Legal Innovation now publishes on its site all kinds of interesting contributions on the subject of law and innovation. For my part, I had the pleasure of answering Baptiste Camus' questions (to read my answers on the association's website click here). Can France ...
Do we really need a law against fake news?
Note: this article was translated from French by an automated tool “Congratulations, Emmanuel Macron. Congratulations to French people for choosing Liberty, Equality and Fraternity over tyranny of fake news ”tweeted, on the evening of May 7, 2017, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council. It is true that the French electoral campaign was the unprecedented theater of attempts at destabilization and massive dissemination of inaccurate information, in the ...
Three questions on the end of net neutrality in the United States
Note: this article was translated from French by an automated tool Following the decision of the American FCC to revisit the principle of net neutrality, I answered three questions asked by the Club des Juristes (to consult my answers on the Blog of the Club des Juristes, click here). What is the context of the FCC's decision? The principle of ...
How to legally treat decentralization? Blockchain ordinances and Lex Cryptographia.
Note: this article was translated from French by an automated tool In a post entitled “The Meaning of Decentralization”, the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, distinguishes three modalities of decentralization of computer systems: the decentralization of the architecture, which depends on the number of computers constituting the system, the political decentralization, which depends on the number of individuals or organizations controlling the computers constituting the system logical decentralization, which depends on ...
About the report "Justice: bring digital in"
The Institut Montaigne recently published a report entitled “Justice: bring digital technology in”. I had the honor of being able to contribute to its drafting as a member of the working group chaired by Guy Canivet. I answer below to three questions asked by the Montaigne Institute. The English version of this text can be found on ...
The Tezos affair: the "ICO fever" and its risks
The Tezos affair: the “ICO fever” and its risks If we have been talking about cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies for a few years now, the ICO seems to be the revelation of the year 2017. The last few months have seen a real “ICO fever”, completely new: fundraising of increasingly dizzying amounts has followed one another, worrying ...