How to cite a blockchain transaction

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format · B18 / R18.11.3 · Internet & electronic

Example

2.53 ETH, Ethereum, 0x087-a619a to 0x66f-1bce6, 0x1f159759e10d9b2fbae08acbf42f85be45705847289d129414648db9f541244a (July 16, 2024, at 12:50 ET).

What the citation needs

Required

None.

When they apply

Amount — The amount, as it appears on the source.
Token — The token, as it appears on the source.
Network — The network, as it appears on the source.
From address — The from address, as it appears on the source.
To address — The to address, as it appears on the source.
Transaction hash — The transaction hash, as it appears on the source.
Date — The date the rule for this source calls for, with the month abbreviated per T12 (“Nov. 24, 1978”).
Time — The time, where the source is dated to it.

In a brief and in a law review

The Bluebook sets citations two ways: the Bluepages for court documents and legal memoranda, the Whitepages for law review footnotes. Here is the first example above as each one prints it, in its typeface.

Court documents (Bluepages)

2.53 ETH, Ethereum, 0x087-a619a to 0x66f-1bce6, 0x1f159759e10d9b2fbae08acbf42f85be45705847289d129414648db9f541244a (July 16, 2024, at 12:50 ET).

Law review footnotes (Whitepages)

2.53 ETH, Ethereum, 0x087-a619a to 0x66f-1bce6, 0x1f159759e10d9b2fbae08acbf42f85be45705847289d129414648db9f541244a (July 16, 2024, at 12:50 ET).

For this source the two are set the same way.

Governing rules

B18 / R18.11.3

18 — the internet, electronic media & other nonprint resources.
18.11.3 — blockchain sources.

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