Marriage as a contract in the blockchain.

[CoinHoarder]

I love all of the different use cases for block chain technology that are being thought of lately.

This is going to be global revolution... decentralize everything!!!

Seriously, governments and corporations of the world are not to be trusted and/or are incapable. Bring control, wealth, and power back to the people.

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

the legitimacy of marriage.

i glanced over a few legal things: so here goes (read my disclaimer in my footer)

to avoid the whole state/church licence stuff there is a 'banns for marriage' thing which is about publicly notifying your intent to marriage, so that anyone who can see any reason why the parties involved should not be married can be notified.

so before doing a blockchain marriage certificate you should 3 weeks prior, do a public announcement of intent to marry. .. and whats more internationally public than the blockchain

the licence thing is normally to shorten this delay.

i have not yet researched the ceremony itself but in general as long as its publicly shown that both parties have committed themselves to each other, then a marriage is valid. (please check local law of your area about requirements of ministers/registrars)

From what you have glanced over: have you seen anything about the notification requirements? Is there a minimum number of people that generally would see any such notification (like newspaper circulation)?

[StatusSeeking]

I've always thought that contacts are for people you don't trust - something that you can hang over their head when they do you wrong. Why would you need a contract with your spouse?

More for delineation of assets, rights, and responsibilities should things not work out. The best example I can think of is if we have children and she chooses to scale back on a good career to raise them; that is something I believe has value and should be compensated. The compensation, though, should be reasonable and bound to actual economic trade-offs.

[StatusSeeking]

I've always thought that contacts are for people you don't trust - something that you can hang over their head when they do you wrong. Why would you need a contract with your spouse?

I just prefer determining those things privately than through the state. More than anything, this is experimenting with breaking one of many social conventions most people grant as monopoly to the state to oversee.

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

I've always thought that contacts are for people you don't trust - something that you can hang over their head when they do you wrong. Why would you need a contract with your spouse?

I just prefer determining those things privately than through the state. More than anything, this is experimenting with breaking one of many social conventions most people grant as monopoly to the state to oversee.

If you agreed to something in private then how would you enforce it without the state?

[celestio]

I've always thought that contacts are for people you don't trust - something that you can hang over their head when they do you wrong. Why would you need a contract with your spouse?

I just prefer determining those things privately than through the state. More than anything, this is experimenting with breaking one of many social conventions most people grant as monopoly to the state to oversee.

If you agreed to something in private then how would you enforce it without the state?

In reply to the first User's post. I don't think contracts are for people you don't trust. I see contracts as more as, "the professing of one's love to another, on paper"

[CoinDiver]

Well, the saving in bitcoin was working out... until recently. It's OK, as I would have likely spend some of the savings had it not been BTC. As it sits, we've only lost about $800 of USD value. Hopefully I don't get slaughtered in the next month.

[Skrillex]

Seems legit. WHat would happen on a breakup tho? Transactions arent refundable in btc 

[CoinDiver]

I wonder if the October 5th wedding knows about us...

[Vortex20000]

Interesting[ly stupid] idea. Isn't even legal.

Try it!

[CoinDiver]

Interesting[ly stupid] idea. Isn't even legal.

Oh man, you mean I don't have permission? Shit. That's exactly what I wanted to have.