Decentralized Digital Courts
Are we going to see courts digitized? What will this mean if justice no longer is handed out in a building with four walls and Lady Justice looking on?
This is not something of out of a science fiction novel. Instead, it is rapidly becoming a reality. While this seems far-fetched, we are seeing the possibility of a digitised justice system through the use of smart contracts and incentivized jurors.
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Kleros is a blockchain dispute resolution system that is already operational. It is being joined in February by the Aragon Association's own dispute resolution platform, the Aragon Court.
These hold interesting possibilities. We could see courts that are borderless, transcending the jurisdictions of different nations. What is not clear is how valid the rulings will be and who will adhere to them.
We can expect pushback from the existing legal system.
Aragon operates using a staked based system that is so common throughout the cryptocurrency world. Users purchase the ANJ token which they stake. It is through the staking process that jurors are selected. Having more stake increases the chances of being chosen.
Once jurors have been called to rule in a dispute, they enter the voting phase of the protocol’s process. The Aragon Court uses a game theory method known as a Schelling Game in order to provide a subjective outcome to the dispute. Jurors are asked to vote on a ruling that other jurors in the dispute are most likely to vote on as well.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/digital-courts-trial-decentralized-justice-real-world-weighs-verdict
Payouts to each juror is based upon the results of the case. All of the tokens for the jurors are locked in a pool. Those who side with the majority are paid while the minority lose their staked tokens.
The question is whether this is a viable alternative for the traditional court system. One obvious benefit is the cost reduction of justice. A digital court system would save a lot of money as compared to what is presently spent.
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A big problem could be with the idea of game theory; where jurors in a case seek to get the "right outcome". With game theory, however, jurors would likely choose what they think the majority of jurors would select.
Another issue is the fact that jurors have no contact with each other. In a traditional case, jurors hear the evidence then are able to discuss it in the jury room.
With a digital court system, the voting mechanism is done online, meaning there is no interaction among the different jurors, it doesn't, however, stop jurors from creating a separate chat room to discuss these matters and synchronise votes. Game theory loopholes such as this would have to be addressed for mass adoption of a digital juror system to be viable.
Who is going to adopt this system?
Early on, it is likely to see some disputes centred in the cryptocurrency sphere. It is unlikely that people are going to trust millions of dollars in verdicts on this system in the near term.
It is also going to take many years before any jurisdiction recognizes the results of a court such as this. This means that big companies will abstain from entering this arena for some time.
So while contract disputes are going to be in the realm of traditional courts, there is an alternative that is being constructed.
This bears watching to see how it pans out.
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I dont think that this is a good idea. At least not the way it is presented here. The first problem is what you mentioned in your post. Jurors might make their decisions dependent on whether they will earn money or not.
The other thing is, if they get chosen by the amount of ANJ they are staking, this will lead to rich people making "the rules". It would be better to just choose jurors randomly, I think.
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I have just terrified when i first saw the title! 20 years ago if some one told me about the cryptocurrency, i would call him mad but now we are having it. So i would never say never to anything in this crazy world.. But it seemed bit of impossible, can't lie. Just like you said, coming from science fiction :)
But, after i read complete article i feel little weird.. This world really changed too fast.. I remember the first TV's which was black and white colored and that was 35 years ago and look where we are now.. Too fast! I also have read lots of things about Thomas schelling and his unique ideas. Some of them was hard but he is a genious, that's why he had the Nobel Prize..
I want to thank you because you brought this here and this is too cool and i am not going to forget the "Kleros" name..
Cheers.
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"Are we going to see courts digitized?"
Not in a million years!
"While this seems far-fetched, we are seeing the possibility of a digitised justice system through the use of smart contracts and incentivized jurors."
Maybe here on Steemit, but not in the real world! God knows we have seen how such digitizing curation by incentivized jurors (curators) has turned Steemit into little more than a cessspool of scumbags and garbage.