Rehearsal for Blockchain-Backed Digital Signature Mock Trial

Demo of Entering a Blockchain-Backed Digital Signature into Evidence at the Venture Cafe FinTechConnect mini-conference.

The next Mock Trial demo is August 31 at 6pm at the Cambridge Innovation Center on 1 Broadway, 5th Floor, Cambridge MA 02142. This demo will be part of a lightning talk on individual digital identity and personal data at the FinTechConnect mini-conference.

Program Description and Event Details:

• https://Law.MIT.edu/blog/FinTechConnect-Identity-Flashtalk (https://law.mit.edu/blog/FinTechConnect-Identity-Flashtalk)

Background and Context:

This demo is part of a series of Mass Legal Hacker meetups dedicated to prototyping a digital signature and blockchain application and developing the legal fact pattern to conduct a mock trial dispute scenario intended to test the legal sufficiency of the technology. For more information on the prior meetup, see: https://www.meetup.com/Massachusetts-Legal-Hackers/events/239640448/

Draft Witness Examination and Mock Trial Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OT8sxwOqO3F7QCTlqaCAhIjMKwbXNEKB40xluQ1DOco/edit#

To Get Involved:

Are you a subject matter expert but feel like you missed your career in acting? Direct roles include litigant, attorney, witness, judge, etc. You can also help by joining a team of Massachusetts Legal Hackers working on fact pattern development, blockchain-enabled digital signature prototype development, design of exhibits and other explanatory evidence and other program materials.

For More Information:

For more information about this event or to explore ways you can get involved, contact event organizer Dazza Greenwood (http://dazzagreenwood.com/bio.html#contact).