Jones Day Presents: What is Smart Code and How Does it Relate to Smart Contracts?
Partner Harriet Territt explains that simply adding smart code to a blockchain rarely creates a valid smart contract, which requires that the structure surrounding the smart code include the elements of offer, acceptance, consideration, and certainty of terms.
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