This App Uses Blockchain to Miss the Whole Point About Sexual Consent

Ideally, online dating should be a pleasant experience. But almost naught well-nigh it is pleasant.

1 aspect is consent in the world of online flirting and instant messaging. That's why Dutch startup LegalThings wants to utilize a hip and novel solution to take the final word on consent in this twenty-four hours and age. What hip and novel solution, yous ask? Have a wild gauge – it'southward blockchain.

LegalThings' new app LegalFling wants to get all legal near consent past using the inmutable qualities of blockchain. You lot don't have to wonder how, just read on:

The app matches 2 people based on their sexual preferences, a process which makes the dos and don'ts explicitly clear to both parties. One time common consent is agreed upon, the LegalFling app will create a time-stamped contract that will exist stored in the aforementioned way every bit a transaction is stored in the blockchain. It cannot be erased or tampered with, and can be easily verified for legal purposes.

This contract contains every kinky detail y'all can call up of: tabooed sexual acts, non-consensual videography and photography, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), usage of condoms, etc. The works. Just let your personality shine and let the other person know exactly what you're into. Just and then at that place are no misunderstandings.

Blockchain based sexual consent

Yeah, that's non cool. How exactly the blockchain is supposed to brand consent clear is another matter. The idea seems to be to ask for consent in a confidential style, which is problematic in the first identify.

Men or women don't want to sign a contract before engaging in sexual acts; the whole point is to respect their correct to give consent in a natural way. The app is forcing the question on them, just like an unwarranted approach on text does. It's throwing the ball in the guy or daughter'south court, and makes information technology seem as if denying consent through the app makes the approach okay in the outset place.

But if you remember this app is worth a shot, it may be some time earlier you get to use information technology. LegalFling is however in development and will only be released later this spring.