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A.YU. CHURILOV

LEGAL REGULATION OF THE USE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Monograph

Moscow YUSTITSINFORM 2021



Reviewers:

Vaypan V.A.  Vice-Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University; Professor at Business Law Department of Law Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Honorary Lawyer of Moscow; Doctor of Law

Goncharova V. A.  Assistant at the Civil Law Department; Law Institute of Tomsk State University; PhD in Law



Churilov A.Yu.

Legal regulation of the use of blockchain technology: monograph / A.Yu. Churilov. .: Yustitsinform, 2021. 152 p.

The monograph examines the problems of legal regulation of the use of blockchain technology. The author investigates cryptocurrency as an object of civil rights, providing a comparative analysis of cryptocurrency with other objects and so determines the place of cryptocurrency in the system of civil rights objects. The features of the legal regulation of the conclusion of smart contracts and the performance of obligations arising in this case are analyzed. The problems of legal regulation of other ways of using blockchain technology, in particular when working with personal data, carrying out entrepreneurial activities, are studied.

The monograph is intended for a wide range of readers, it may be of interest to teachers, graduate students, university students, and practicing lawyers.



Keywords: blockchain, object of law, cryptocurrency, smart contract, contract, obligation, performance of an obligation, entrepreneurial activity, personal data.



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