[charcircuit]

Murder and arson are illegal. Just because there is an event contract that doesn't make them legal to do.

[svachalek]

It's also illegal to pay someone to do murder or arson, which is easy to obfuscate as an "event contract".

[selcuka]

Very true. Someone could place a huge bet for "person X will NOT be assassinated in the next 24 hours" and some lowlife could see the opportunity.

[energy123]

There's many true crime cases where the spouse took out multiple life insurance policies then did the killing to earn money. It's a bounty. We should care about the effect in practice.