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 ...

Cross-border payments company Ripple announced that it will add smart contracts to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) developer ecosystem. Ripple announced that the move would open various use cases for users, ...

Aashika’s near two decades stint in business and finance journalism has led her to report, write, edit and lead teams covering public investing, private investing and personal investing both in India ...

In a world where most of the infrastructure behind processes, applications, and agreements relies on centralized entities, smart contracts are a novel concept that fosters trust and removes the need ...

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 ...

For traders stepping into on-chain perpetual futures for the first time, the learning curve can feel steep. While access to decentralized derivatives has improved significantly, understanding how ...

Imagine if ordinary people could write smart contracts in their native language. It could bring in “billions of new [blockchain] users.” “Smart contract programming is hard,” said Emin Gün Sirer, ...