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Compliance by Automation (Not Intermediation)
Joris frames the entire Fairmint thesis as a shift away from people and toward code.
How it works
- 1Old world: compliance happens through layers of intermediaries — lawyers, banks, reconciliation.
- 2New world: compliance lives inside a smart contract that mimics securities law and applies the rules automatically.
- 3The promise: lower transfer costs, fewer trolls under the bridge, and a single source of truth for who owns what.
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