smart contracts

Web3 Vacation Platform Dtravel Completes First Smart-Contract Rental Booking
Web3 vacation and short-term rental platform Dtravel has completed its first successful smart-contract booking. "The Hash" panel discusses the outlook for decentralized home sharing and the travel industry at large.

Consensus 2022 Foundations: Chainlink
"Chainlink Co-founder Sergey Nazarov discusses the network's evolution as a cryptographic truth source and how they expand the capabilities of smart contracts while maintaining the on-chain security, followed by a Q&A with Lattice Capital's General Partner Mike Zajko. Plus, Chainlink Labs Head of Developer Relations Stephen Fluin's analysis on the network's technology. Richard Gottleber, Chainlink Labs Developer Advocate, demonstrates the operation of smart contracts, and the session ends on a conversation between Dez Bryant (Personal Corner) and Lauren Halstead (Chainlink) about athletes, fans, and crypto."

Avalanche Says Luna Foundation Guard Has ‘No Plans' for AVAX Tokens
Smart-contract blockchain Avalanche said in a tweet that Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), the entity behind Terra blockchain's failed UST stablecoin, has “disclosed no plans” for the 2 million AVAX tokens currently sitting in its treasury. "The Hash" hosts discusses the "collaboration gone wrong" and why this is a developing story to watch.

Wave Financial Senior Trader: BTC 'Still Bullish' in 2022
Senior Trader for Wave Financial Justin Chuh shares his perspective on where the crypto field is headed in 2022, explaining why bitcoin will remain bullish on a macroeconomic scale while new DeFi projects develop. Plus, Chuh’s take on the growing demand for effective smart contract protocols and other applications of blockchain technology.

Uniswap Founder Says V3 Could Make Liquidity Mining More Efficient
Speaking at Consensus 2021, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams discussed a timeline for v3 and how it’ll lower the barrier of entry to participating in market making “to the point where basically anyone can do it.”

Polkadot’s Wood Acknowledges Legacy EVM Design’s Role But Ties Future to Upgrades
Speaking at Consensus 2021, Parity Technologies founder Gavin Wood discussed changes to Polkadot, using WebAssembly as a smart contract and how legacy blockchains are not fit for modern day use, though he acknowledged the Ethereum Virtual Machine’s (EVM) pole position in blockchain development today.
