“Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets”
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“Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets” is a seminal essay by Nick Szabo that introduces and explains the concept of smart contracts as self-executing digital agreements for use in online markets.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19401852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets” Context triple: [Nick Szabo, notableWork, “Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets”]
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Internet of Blockchains
Internet of Blockchains is a vision and architecture for an interconnected ecosystem of independent blockchains that can seamlessly communicate and transfer assets with one another.
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B.
Ethereum white paper
The Ethereum white paper is the foundational document authored by Vitalik Buterin that outlines the design and vision for the Ethereum blockchain and its smart contract platform.
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C.
Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol
The Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol is a standard used in the Cosmos ecosystem that enables secure, trust-minimized data and asset transfers between independent blockchains.
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The Theory of Contracts
The Theory of Contracts is a foundational work in contract theory and economics that analyzes how optimal contracts can be designed under conditions of asymmetric information and incentive problems.
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E.
The Fragmentation of Value
The Fragmentation of Value is a philosophical essay by Thomas Nagel that examines how our moral, personal, and practical values can conflict in ways that resist unification into a single coherent standpoint.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets” Target entity description: “Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets” is a seminal essay by Nick Szabo that introduces and explains the concept of smart contracts as self-executing digital agreements for use in online markets.
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A.
Internet of Blockchains
Internet of Blockchains is a vision and architecture for an interconnected ecosystem of independent blockchains that can seamlessly communicate and transfer assets with one another.
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B.
Ethereum white paper
The Ethereum white paper is the foundational document authored by Vitalik Buterin that outlines the design and vision for the Ethereum blockchain and its smart contract platform.
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C.
Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol
The Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol is a standard used in the Cosmos ecosystem that enables secure, trust-minimized data and asset transfers between independent blockchains.
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D.
The Theory of Contracts
The Theory of Contracts is a foundational work in contract theory and economics that analyzes how optimal contracts can be designed under conditions of asymmetric information and incentive problems.
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E.
The Fragmentation of Value
The Fragmentation of Value is a philosophical essay by Thomas Nagel that examines how our moral, personal, and practical values can conflict in ways that resist unification into a single coherent standpoint.
- F. None of above. chosen
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