smart contracts
Writing Bitcoin Smart Contracts Is About to Get Easier With New Coding Language
Bitcoin smart contracts are tricky. Minsc, a new language created by Bitcoin developer Nadav Ivgi, is making them easier to write.
SEC Seeking 'Smart Contract' Tracing Tool That Can Spot Security Vulnerabilities
The federal securities watchdog has taken an interest in DeFi's most basic building block.
Community Behind Privacy-Focused Smart Contract Forges Ahead After Settlement
The open-source Secret Network has begun a swap for defunct ENG tokens and launched a "secret contract" testnet with big name partners.
Soaring DeFi Usage Drives Ethereum Contract Calls to New Record
Coin Metrics reported the daily number of smart contract calls on Ethereum jumped to 3.11 million – a new record.
This New Coding Language Could Help Unlock Bitcoin’s Smart Contract Potential
With the introduction of Sapio, Jeremy Rubin hopes to expand Bitcoin's smart contract use cases and increase the "financial self-sovereignty" of its users.
World Bank Investigates Smart Contracts as Financial Tools, With Mixed Results
The World Bank has looked at the benefits of smart contracts and found the blockchain instruments to be a "limited" financial tool.
DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Maxed Out by Yield-Farming Boom
Nexus Mutual is seeing a surge in demand. "Our product has honestly seen massive interest since yield farming kicked off," said founder Hugh Karp.
IOTA Foundation Enters Base Layer Race With '2.0' Testnet
IOTA's new testnet addresses the technical feature that nuked the blockchain-like network for nearly two weeks earlier this year.
Base Layer Wars Heat Up With Another $12M Committed to AVA Labs' Avalanche Blockchain
AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private token sale. The funding round – co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized and others – comes weeks before an anticipated mainnet launch.
With Arweave's 'Lazy' Approach to Smart Contracts, Its Version of Web3 Does More
Arweave, a blockchain network meant for the permanent storage of data, has released a completely new approach to smart contracts.
