The Ring of Gyges: Investigating the Future of Criminal Smart Contracts

The Ring of Gyges is a mythical magical artifact mentioned by the philosopher Plato in Book 2 of his Republic. It granted its owner the power to become invisible at will. -Wikipedia, "Ring of Gyges" "[On wearing the ring,] no man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with anyone at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would... " -Plato, The Republic, Book 2 (2.360b) (trans. Benjamin Jowett