Category: Decentralized Law

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Vattelum Introduces a New Paradigm: Law-Creation on the Blockchain

In June 2026, the Vattelum project launched through Delaw Labs.

Vattelum is an open-source tool for law creation on the blockchain.

It is the culmination of the research I started here in 2017 and published on this blog.

Vattelum Highlights

  • Turn smart contracts into law, compiling PDF printable and enforceable contracts…
  • Create legal clarity for the peer-to-peer economy…
  • Introduce new use-cases to the blockchain…
  • Build an interoperable legal system across the Ethereum ecosystem…
  • Self-regulate new technologies and enter a new phase of blockchain development…

Explore Vattelum on GitHub

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User-Generated NFTs: A Legal Innovation for Decentralized Intellectual Property Ownership

Executive Summary

Traditional Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) failed to address the reality of copyright laws. NFTs remain centrally owned: founders retain intellectual property rights. This centralization creates regulatory vulnerabilities and unclear rights structures, undermining the core principles of decentralization.

This article examines how copyright law governs NFTs and analyzes current licensing approaches. It introduces User-Generated NFTs (UG-NFTs) as both a legal and technical innovation. By making token holders the creators—and thus copyright owners—of their NFTs, UG-NFTs align blockchain technology with established intellectual property frameworks.

While challenges remain, UG-NFTs offer a new perspective on decentralized digital asset ownership, applicable even beyond the blockchain space.
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Call for Abstracts: Blockchain and Constitutional Thinking

Blockchain has reshaped finance, but its broader impact? Still limited. The problem? Poor integration with real-world legal systems.

Therefore, I am excited to announce that our workshop Blockchain and Constitutional Thinking: Reimagining Legitimacy and Governance in a Digital World has been accepted for the 2026 World Congress of Constitutional Law in Bogotá, Colombia (July 6-10, 2026).

The aim: bringing blockchain technology together with fundamental thinking on law.

Are you a legal scholar? Then you can contribute.

What This Workshop Offers

This is your opportunity to present your blockchain legal research at a major international conference on constitutional law. If your abstract is accepted, you’ll be invited to give a presentation at our workshop in July.

Join scholars, jurists, and technologists from around the world in exploring how blockchain technology intersects with (constitutional) law.

Your participation contributes to a crucial conversation. As blockchain networks create new forms of decentralized governance, we need fresh legal thinking to address these transformations.

This workshop aims to bridge traditional constitutional scholarship with emerging blockchain technology. It aims to explore not just how law governs technology, but how technology influences the creation of law.

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Announcing Exciting Developments in the World of Decentralized Law!

I am excited to announce the launch of various new developments in the world of Decentralized Law!

After years of research and development, I am releasing a suite of resources that bridge the gap between decentralized technologies and legal systems.

The Book: Decentralized Law

It all begins with the newly launched book “Decentralized Law: The Power of Blockchain to Transform Broken Legal Systems.” This comprehensive work explores 2,500 years of legal history to understand how our current system evolved and where it’s failing.

The book examines property rights associated with crypto assets and analyzes the legality of blockchain applications, highlighting their missing legal frameworks.

It then introduces innovative legal concepts to fill the missing gaps, and envisions new forms of lawmaking that prioritize liberty and consent over central planning.

Download the book for FREE from the Internet Archive

Decentralized Law Website

I have launched a dedicated website at DecentralizedLaw.org to serve as the central hub for these concepts. The site provides resources, explanations, and practical applications of decentralized legal principles for developers, legal professionals, and anyone interested in the intersection of blockchain and law.

Revolutionary Legal Frameworks

Three foundational legal documents form the based of the peer-to-peer legal and financial systems of the future:

1. Decentralized Bill of Liberties

This document establishes universal human liberties that transcend jurisdictional boundaries. It outlines ten fundamental articles of liberty that apply equally to all individuals, existing naturally and outside of institutional enactment.

View the Decentralized Bill of Liberties

2. Declaration of State Rights and Duties

This declaration establishes clear boundaries between international governance and sovereign states. It protects state rights and collective free will against international overreach while setting standards for interstate relations.

View the Declaration of State Rights and Duties

3. Freedom of the Nodes

This legal principle establishes that decentralized networks meeting specific criteria (containing native assets, governed by open-source code, sufficiently decentralized, and universally accessible) may be freely used by everyone and without conditions.

Learn more about Freedom of the Nodes

Join the Collaboration

This is just the beginning. We’ve created a GitHub organization to facilitate open collaboration on these legal frameworks and their technical implementations. Whether you’re a legal professional, blockchain developer, or simply interested in the future of decentralized governance, we invite you to join us!

🚀 Join the Decentralized Law GitHub Organization

Together, we can build the legal infrastructure needed for the peer-to-peer economy to flourish—creating a more balanced, liberty-preserving future where law empowers rather than restricts innovation!