{"id":21048,"date":"2023-02-19T23:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinnetworknews.com\/unworkable-bill-to-ban-blockchain-immutability-is-introduced-in-illinois\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:11:16","slug":"unworkable-bill-to-ban-blockchain-immutability-is-introduced-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinnetworknews.com\/unworkable-bill-to-ban-blockchain-immutability-is-introduced-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Unworkable’ bill to ban blockchain immutability is introduced in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"
A recently introduced Illinois Senate Bill has been ridiculed by the crypto community over its “unworkable” plans to force blockchain miners and validators to do “impossible things” \u2014 such as reversing transactions if ordered to do so by a state court.<\/p>\n
The Senate Bill was quietly introduced<\/a> into the Illinois legislature on Feb. 9 by Illinois Senator Robert Peters but appears to have been only recently noticed<\/a> by Florida-based lawyer Drew Hinkes who discussed the bill in a Twitter post on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n The bill titled the \u201cDigital Property Protection and Law Enforcement Act,\u201d would authorize the courts \u2014 upon a valid request from the Attorney General or a State’s Attorney that is made pursuant to the laws of Illinois<\/a> \u2014 to order a blockchain transaction that is executed via a smart contract to be altered or rescinded.<\/p>\n The act would apply to any “blockchain network that processes a blockchain transaction originating in the State.”<\/p>\n