The study examines how blockchain technology is revolutionizing the authentication of legal documents and the realm of trust services. It presents international examples of the technology's use: protecting governmental registries in Estonia, digitizing notarial document authentication in Brazil, and land registry pilots in Sweden, Georgia, and Dubai. It discusses advances in legal recognition - from the protection Italian law grants to blockchain timestamps to pioneering statutes in U.S. states like Vermont, Arizona, and Wyoming. The paper covers the EU's EBSI project, which supports cross-border document verification. Finally, it highlights blockchain's practical benefits (transparency, data security, automation) and analyzes how this technology is transforming legal professions - with special focus on the evolving roles of notaries and lawyers.
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