Smart contracts are based on one of the core ideas behind modern blockchain technology. They are a way to automate a wide range of crypto transactions and processes without relying on intermediaries ...

Smart contracts let users write executable code that encodes business logic and runs on a blockchain or other type of decentralized ledger. Depending on your goals, there are many ways to use smart ...

Imagine if ordinary people could write smart contracts in their native language. It could bring in “billions of new [blockchain] users.” “Smart contract programming is hard,” said Emin Gün Sirer, ...

With the growth of DeFi and Web3-based products, many entrepreneurs may be looking to blockchain technology not only as a source of greater financial flexibility but also as a means of safeguarding ...

I am the founder and CEO of Apriorit, a software development company that provides engineering services globally to tech companies. An innovative technology just a few years ago, smart contracts are ...

What is a smart contract? This is a question that, these days, has become impossible to answer without starting the digital equivalent of a bar fight. The minute that term is thrown out in a ...

Smart contracts’ value proposition is well-founded, as we discussed in our previous blog post Exploring the Disruptive Potential of Smart Contracts. They bring programmability to a value transfer ...

While exploitation of security flaws in many smart contracts have become a perennial target of cyberattackers, more security firms are shining a spotlight on scams that use fraudulent or obfuscated ...

Ether (ETH) is the main token of the Ethereum blockchain and is now the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Just like the largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC), ether can ...

When you swap one token for another on a decentralized exchange, no human approves the trade. No bank holds your funds in between. The whole transaction happens inside a smart contract: code that ...