Marriages based on blockchain are only valid for 42 months

I've always found stunt weddings to be an interesting paradox, a couple wanting to displace one of society's most entrenched traditions, to make a tangible change and show how forward-thinking they are. It's like writing a revolutionary pamphlet in iambic pentameter.

But my heart was racing for Edurne and Mayel’s wedding, which will take place on December 1 as part of Estonia’s expanding e-residency program, not in front of a priest or judge, but on the almighty blockchain, a distributed global computing and data storage technology.

Estonia will expand services through e-residency, which it first granted temporary residency to the country's virtual citizens in 2014. Until now, Estonia's e-residents have been able to set up companies and access the country's online banking system. Starting tomorrow, the e-residency program will offer state-recognized notarial services, including marriage licenses. To do this, they turned to BitNation, an organization that provides tools for creating and managing services based on the Bitcoin blockchain.

For BitNation, the goal is even more ambitious. Founded by Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof, the organization advocates for borderless governance and has established its own virtual nation. To legitimize this claim, it has built a set of tools and services that may one day even allow people to replace their national identity with a blockchain identity. Of course, the premise is that other geographically defined countries recognize blockchain as a secure and legal repository for government records, and this couple's wedding, and Estonia's participation, may be the first step.

December 1, 2015, is the day for Edurne and Mayel. The couple, who call themselves "glomads", have decided that they no longer support any one country or law after traveling and exploring. They have written their own marriage contract, which is valid for only 42 months and will remain open and can be changed at any time. This flexible agreement cannot be completed under the traditional legal framework, so they decided to create their own marriage jurisdiction that meets their expectations.

Original article: https://medium.com/backchannel/you-too-can-get-married-on-the-blockchain-27cf39ab7f95#.t4l9avtl3
Author: morgenpeck
Compiled by: Satuoxi
Editor: Satuoxi
Source (translation): Babbitt Information (http://www.8btc.com/blythe-masters…ked-blockchain)