Chinese court OKs blockchain evidence under certain conditions

Hangzhou court has ruled that blockchain can be used for evidence purposes in a case of two companies debating against each other over copyright infringement. To prove its point, the plaintiff has put the pages of the law-breaking website on the blockchain platform called Baoquan. The court dismissed the possibility of simply withdrawing from reviewing the technology just because it’s too difficult to understand at first.

Instead, the judge has noted that blockchain data could be used as a court evidence on two major conditions. Firstly, there should be no conflict of interests - which means that neither the plaintiff or the defendant can own or can be affiliated with the platform they are using in court. Secondly, the blockchain platform must be ‘reliable’, as the press translates this statement on Chinese. As a result of this case, the Hangzhou court has published a list of reliable blockchain platforms and info on traditional means of notarization on its website.

In the United States, blockchain is already considered a trustworthy evidence in courts of Vermont, which is a part of a larger state-level strategy to make use of this innovative phenomenon.

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