This is an opinion editorial by Artem Afian, a lawyer and “legal futurist” at Hiveon, a crypto mining ecosystem that offers services for Bitcoin mining hardware.
I want to draw your attention to the fact that Bitcoin transactions ultimately occur between wallets. There are humans behind wallets, but this connection is not really what’s important. The pseudonymity of Bitcoin is thanks to the fact that there is no direct connection between the wallet and the person who owns it. It is what distinguishes a Bitcoin wallet from any other financial instrument. No matter how much regulators try to change this, the core of the technology remains the same.
What does this mean? It means that, soon, wallets will be recognized as entities deserving of legal rights.
First, humanity began to recognize animal rights. Now, there is talk about the legal rights of a robot. Soon, the rights of a Bitcoin wallet will come to the fray.
When one talks about the rights of robots, they usually refer to
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