Legally enforceable smart contract wills

• Main Author: Chua, Kelvin Chong Hung
• Other Authors: Ng Wee Keong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Software::Software engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166001
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Blockchain Technology have the potential to radically alter the way that people have executed wills for centuries. Traditional wills are usually written down onto a piece of paper to divide your assets according to your wishes to your beneficiaries. This project explores the method of harnessing the blockchain technology such as Ethereum to create a distributed ledger of wills to maintain a reliable record of a testator desirers. By using blockchain technology with the innovations of the best aspects of electronic wills, a blockchain will could serve as a reliable, authentic, and secure record of a decedent's last wishes for disposition of her property.