This summer, Vermont took a couple of step toward smart contracts, agreements that contain technology that automatically tracks versions and authors.
Although initially no progress was made, the situation started to change on 12 November 2013, when the municipality of Enschede signed the 'Green Deal Smart Energy Cities'8 agreement, the objective of which is the implementation of smart grids (linked to innovation and distributed generation) so as to result in about 100,000 'energy-neutral' buildings by 2019.
NBC won the rights for an exclusive prime-time interview with the Smarts through an agreement with Doubleday, the publisher of the parents' book.
To be clear, Greenstein doesn't believe the tax agreement represents smart policymaking.
There are moments when smart leaders can craft agreements that benefit both sides.
While Bitcoin's technology is mostly restricted to the transfer of "coin" ownership for now, Ethereum's network allows for "smart contracts" or electronic agreements written using a native programming language, Solidity, to be uploaded to the blockchain.
They just get smarter about prenuptial agreements.
In the end, baseball players and owners did the smart thing, reaching a contract agreement without a strike.
An aide to Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, said that Mr. Reid reminded Mr. Boehner and Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, that "absent a balanced agreement that pairs smart spending cuts with revenue measures asking millionaires to pay their fair share, the debt will be dealt with through the sequester".
Now Evergrande Health says Faraday Future Jia Yueting has started arbitration in Hong Kong in an attempt to renege on its agreement with Season Smart.
