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        "heading": "Research Source",
        "content": "W. Gregory Voss · 2021-06-03 · Source: hal\n\nSmart contracts offer promise for facilitating and streamlining transactions in many areas of business and government. However, they also may be subject to the provisions of relevant data protection laws, if personal data is processed."
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        "atomicTruth": "Irreducible truth: Every other structural driver could theoretically be mitigated if knowledge were perfect and universally distributed. But knowledge is never perfect and never universal. This gap is the reason known solutions aren't applied, known attacks aren't defended against, and known rights aren't exercised."
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