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Can an ‘Unsigned’ Smart Contract Be Legally Binding?

A smart contract itself is not "signed" in the traditional sense, but the transactions that interact with it are cryptographically signed by the user's private key. The code itself is public and immutable.

Legally binding status relies on an external, signed legal agreement or the user's signed transaction constituting sufficient proof of intent and assent to the codified terms.

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