One of the few cypherpunks in a room full dominated by financial services, Szabo urged blockchain developers not to forget about decentralization.
Smart contract inventor Nick Szabo has said lawyers' roles are "complimentary" to the role of smart contracts.
Smart contracts pioneer Nick Szabo spoke today at a developer conference for developers working on the public Ethereum blockchain.
The company's proposed system could reinvigorate the movement to build smart contract mechanisms.
A group of forensic linguistics experts believe the real creator of bitcoin is former law professor Nick Szabo.