Michael Rice - buidl + legl | A blog to compile the law into EVM bytecode (and maybe some other platforms too). This is a blog mostly about Solidity, smart contracts, blockchain, and law. But in California, some may consider it attorney advertising.

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Jul 17, 2018
Ripple files its opposition to the remand motion - odds of an XRP securities ruling in the short term dims
Last week Ripple filed an important motion, with former SEC chair Mary Jo White on the briefing, but largely sidestepped the issue of whether XRP is, or is not, a security under U.S. federal law.
Jul 17, 2018
Daily Smart Contract Update - Coinbase becomes a broker dealer and diving into some bytecode
Let's explore an interesting, day to day Solidity design pattern and talk about Coinbase as a broker dealer under the 1934 Exchange Act.
Jul 16, 2018
Daily Smart Contract Update - desktop Remix, brief Ripple litigation update, and other legal updates
Have you tried out the new desktop version of Remix? Looking for a contributor code of conduct in Solidity? Need your latest fix on the Ripple ICO securities litigation? We've got you covered in today's daily update.
Jul 10, 2018
Daily Solidity Update - getting back to the daily hustle
Been really bad about keeping this up to date; need to get back to the hustle. Got a basic ERC20 Solidity tutorial for you and a solicitor with an opinion on the blockchain and marmots.
Jul 7, 2018
Coffey v. Ripple Labs - remand motion may resolve the securities question
The plaintiff's recent filing may trigger early findings as to whether Ripple's tokens are securities.
Jun 13, 2018
Daily Solidity Update -
Been a long day, so a few brief updates
Jun 12, 2018
Daily Solidity Update - the Solidity dev community is busy and Jimmy Wales says blockchain can’t be banned.
In today’s update we notice the Solidity open source dev community is busy, I invite you to join me at the first LA Smart Contract Meetup, and Jimmy Wales says blockchain can’t be banned. He’s wrong.
Jun 8, 2018
Coffey v. Ripple Labs - an early legal analysis
Let's take a break and dive into the plaintiff's claims in his case against Ripple Labs, especially whether XRP meets the definition of a security.
Jun 5, 2018
Daily Solidity Update - storing data on chain and Wyoming gets into the blockchain regulation business.
Some random late night updates from Gitter and why storing a jpeg would cost more than buying a car. And Wyoming. And, oh yeah, GDPR.
Jun 4, 2018
Daily Solidity Update - some late night randomness - IBM's Coursera course, a call for open source contributors, and more
Bunch of late night randomness for you. A little on IBM's Coursera course, Raine's call for help with solgraph, an extended CFP for chain-in, and more....
May 30, 2018
Daily Solidity Update - PHP-based ERC20 token transfers, multi-sigs, Medium posts, the Berlin Council, and more!
Happy hump day developers! In today's edition, we've got PHP ERC20 transfers, multisig librariers, msg global variables, and the Council of Berlin.
May 29, 2018
Daily Solidity Update - Dual struct mappings, local remixd, modifiers, and more!
In today's edition we talk about about how to look up Solidity struct values, local folders using remixd or remix-ide, Infura, solidity modifiers, and so much more....!
May 29, 2018
Hello, World
Obligatory hello, world post