Hercule: Representing and Reasoning about Norms as a Foundation for Declarative Contracts over Blockchain

• Main Authors: ChristieV, Samuel H, Chopra, Amit K, Singh, Munindar P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 16.04.2021
• Subjects: Computer Science - Multiagent Systems

Current blockchain approaches for business contracts are based on smart contracts, namely, software programs placed on a blockchain that are automatically executed to realize a contract. However, smart contracts lack flexibility and interfere with the autonomy of the parties concerned. We propose He...