A Ricardian Contract can be defined as a single document that is a) a contract offered by an issuer to holders, b) for a valuable right held by holders, and managed by the issuer, c) easily readable by people (like a contract on paper), d) readable by programs (parsable like a database), e) digitally signed, f) carries the keys and server information, and g) allied with a unique and secure identifier.
- Ian Grigg
The Ricardian contract is a means of tracking the liability of one party to another when selling goods to each other in OpenBazaar. Fundamentally, a contract represents a single unit of a good or service. Ricardian contracts should be used in OpenBazaar as they are means of effectively tracking legitimately signed agreements between two parties, which cannot be forged afte