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Ideologies / Crypto-Anarchist / Nick Szabo
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§ The minds · b. 1964 · United States · Computer scientist

Nick Szabo

Smart contracts

Law as code, beyond the courthouse.

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Governance−88
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The scholar who coined 'smart contracts' and designed 'bit gold', envisioning agreements enforced by code rather than courts — a cornerstone of crypto-anarchist economics.

social

Rationalist individualist.

economic

Designed 'bit gold' and the logic of self-executing contracts.

governance

Trust enforced by cryptography rather than the state.

Notable for
  • Coined 'smart contracts'
  • Designed 'bit gold'
  • Crypto-economics theory
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