The Effect of Blockchain Dispute Resolution Methods on Conflict-of-Laws Rules and the Relationship with Lex Cryptographia

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Elçin Aktan’s article, published in Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi on 3 February 2025, addresses how blockchain-based dispute resolution methods interact with international civil procedure and conflict-of-laws rules. It considers the extent to which traditional jurisdiction and enforcement rules fit a decentralised system with an immutable transaction record, examines online arbitration, crowdsourced dispute resolution and AI-assisted methods through examples, and discusses these approaches alongside the concept of lex cryptographia.