Bitcoin was invented to replace banks, but underlying technology - blockchain – proved it could replace almost any intermediary. It did not stop there; now that we had digital money, we could do ...

A smart contract is a self-executing computer program with the terms of the agreement written directly into lines of code. It is stored and replicated on a blockchain network. Smart contracts enable ...

Cointelegraph's Jackson DuMont tackles smart contracts in the latest episode of Cryptopedia. He explains how smart contracts work from the basics and provides examples of how they can be utilized in ...

Smart contract technology is booming with the release of Ethereum and programming languages such as Solidity and Serpent, that have made contracts much simpler to build and deploy. The idea has been ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...

Let’s start with smart contracts because they’re kind of the whole point of Ethereum. A smart contract is simply a programmable agreement that runs on a blockchain. This technology allows users to ...

Smart contracts automate transactions on blockchains, cutting out middlemen and reducing fees. Decentralized finance uses smart contracts for trading, lending, and more without traditional banks.

Smart contracts are the worker bees of blockchain technology. Most of the programs that run on blockchains–ranging from financial exchanges to games–are decentralized applications (dapps) that are ...

Hathor, a layer-1 blockchain, introduces Nano Contracts, a smart contract platform with built-in MEV and front-running protection. The introduction of decentralized applications (DApps) opened up new ...

About 34,200 current Ethereum smart contracts worth $4.4 million in ether are vulnerable to hacking due to poor coding that contains bugs. That's the alarming conclusion five researchers from the U.K.