By Japnit Singh | Clout News
The first marriage in the Metaverse took place this weekend when a Phoenix couple married their digital identities. Candice and Ryan’s big day didn’t quite go as planned, demonstrating that the Metaverse has a long way to go before it can dependably hold a wedding with all the trimmings of the real world. On Feb. 5, a wedding ceremony with witnesses, Supreme Court Justice officiant Clint Bolick, and a virtual crowd of 3,000 guests took place in Decentraland. Ryan and Candice Hurley, the bride and groom, chose Rose Law Group to formally finalize their marriage. Jordan Rose, the group’s Founder and President, believes it was the first wedding ever held on a blockchain-based Metaverse.
The wedding took place on Rose Law Group’s Decentraland estate. By adding a Virtual Premarital Agreement, the law firm created a meta-marriage framework, which recognized the couple’s virtual identities and digital assets as recorded on the blockchain. In the Metaverse, there is no legal framework for marriage, thus whether or not it will be legally binding is rather a question of contract.
