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.
Convex Finance Bug Causes CVX Token to Sink on Forced Token Unlock
After a smart contract exploit, locked CVX tokens flooded the market, dragging down prices.
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.
The Downside of Programmable Money
Software bugs aren’t the half of it, says Steven Kelly of Yale in a Q&A with CoinDesk. “You can’t preprogram the exigencies of a crisis.”
Smart Contract Platform Agoric Launches Public Chain
Agoric hopes to attract JavaScript developers to DeFi apps with a development environment providing reusable governance, lending and trading components.
Algorand Boosts Smart Contract Performance With ‘Virtual Machine’ Launch
The project is making the development process more in line with that of other networks.
Cardano Gains Smart Contract Capability Following ‘Alonzo’ Hard Fork
The latest upgrade ushers in an era of smart contract composability for the four-year-old network.
Cardano Nears All-Time High as Investors Await Smart Contracts
Expectations are rising for the blockchain to implement smart-contract functionality by next month.
