One benefit of blockchain includes its ability to harness the power of smart contracts. What is a Smart Contract? Although the term “smart contract” sounds like a legal instrument, a smart contract is ...

Smart contracts are often mentioned in blockchain-themed patent applications and recited in claims. However, Examiners without a thorough understanding of this concept or unfamiliar with blockchain ...

A smart contract is an application that uses blockchain and acts as a digital contract supported by a set of rules. Smart contracts are not considered contracts in the legal sense in most ...

Smart contracts are revolutionizing the way artists and stakeholders deal with rights, royalties and cooperation. By ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) markets may have cooled down over the past year, but the technology powering these applications continues to advance. In particular, smart contract platforms that enable ...

Smart contracts are digital contracts on a blockchain that automatically execute when conditions are met. They operate on “if/when...then...” logic and are ...

Since its introduction in 2014 the Solidity programming language has become the de facto standard to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain network. Solidity is so popular that numerous ...

More businesses are using automated “smart contracts” to handle transactions. Based on blockchain technology, these contracts execute automatically and are lauded as a way to efficiently digitize ...

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 ...

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1286: “The first mainnet DLC on Lightning has been executed.” Sign up for the newsletter here. It’s been exactly 11 months and two days since we ...

Computer programs that run on blockchains are shaking up the financial system. But much of the hype around what are called smart contracts is just that. It’s a brand-new field. Technologists are just ...