I've launched Vattelum, an open-source project building a decentralized legal system on Ethereum.
It includes a standards for citing laws, three new ways of storing law on-chain, and a tool to turn these principles into binding agreements printable in PDF.
This brings many new use-cases to the blockchain: From simple voting for policies, to freelance and trade contracts, peer-to-peer economies, and communities self-governing across borders.
**The Vattelum project now has four basic applications:**
* A **Registry** allowing any expert or institution to enact laws on-chain...
* The **Blockchain Voting System** allowing any organization to put their policies and decisions to a vote without legal complexity...
* Decentralized Autonomous Association, transforming DAO tools to instrument for decentralized law-making...
* A **Smart Contract Block** combining on-chain laws and smart contracts into a binding agreement printable as a PDF just like any regular contract...
Suggestions and feedback welcome!
**TLDR: I created a new blockchain-based legal system allowing for the creation of private governing laws and legal context for smart contracts.**