Smart Contracts

CoinFlash

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.

News  ·  28 July 2020
Smart Contracts

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.

Tech  ·  14 July 2020
Smart Contracts

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.

News  ·  13 July 2020
DeFi

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.

Business  ·  2 July 2020
Smart Contracts

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.

News  ·  1 July 2020
Smart Contracts

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.

Tech  ·  25 June 2020
Smart Contracts

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.

Tech  ·  11 June 2020
Algorand

Algorand and Blockstack Are Building a Multi-Chain Smart Contract Language

Clarity, a new open-source programming language, promises to deliver less-buggy smart contracts.

News  ·  10 June 2020
Bitcoin

Bug in ‘Timelocked’ Bitcoin Contracts Could Spur Miners to Steal From Each Other

A widespread bug has compromised a special type of bitcoin transaction that is supposed to discourage miners from cheating, new research shows.

Tech  ·  1 June 2020
Smart Contracts

Enigma Blockchain Has a New Name and a Privacy Boost in the Works

The Enigma mainnet was rebranded the Secret Network after an on-chain proposal by the community unanimously passed on May 17.

Business  ·  28 May 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Here’s Why Ether’s Price Has Jumped 65% So Far This Year

Ether is outperforming bitcoin in 2020 but has lower liquidity and different technical dynamics than the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Markets  ·  19 May 2020
Smart Contracts

Base Layer Blockchain Harmony Adds Staking to Open Up Validator Set

Harmony announced Tuesday that its mainnet has incorporated staking, allowing users to earn ONE tokens for locking in their current holdings.

Tech  ·  19 May 2020
Smart Contracts

IBM Blockchain to Offer Decentralized Smart Contract Option

IBM is implementing the Hyperledger Fabric 2.0 base layer to support smart contract governance on its blockchain platform.

Tech  ·  12 May 2020
Tezos

Tezos Becomes Latest Blockchain to Tap Chainlink for Oracle Services

Chainlink has integrated with yet another blockchain, this time Ethereum rival Tezos.

Tech  ·  30 April 2020
Ethereum

Binance Unveils Smart Contract Blockchain but Claims It’s No Ethereum Rival

The new Binance Smart Chain will be compatible with Ethereum, however.

Tech  ·  17 April 2020