smart contracts
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Ethereum’s Python-inspired smart contract language recently celebrated a birthday, despite funding challenges and waning adoption
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At launch, Chain Signatures will be compatible with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Cosmos network chains, as well as DogeCoin and XRP Ledger
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Outside of EVM smart contract deployments, general contract deployments are most commonly seen on Polygon and BNB chains
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If you’re looking to learn more about how a blockchain oracle could potentially kill you,this is the book for you
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Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade will enable Uniswap v4 to optimize smart contracts for complex functionality
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$1.2 million is one of the largest amounts offered in a security review competition to date
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Ethereum is constantly pestered by smaller competitors for mindshare. Some reckon Solana could be the final boss
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Solscan and Etherscan “share a vision of providing credibly neutral and equitable access to blockchain data,” the teams say
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As Ethereum heads for the Dencun hard fork in Q1 2024, here are some of the eagerly anticipated EIPs coming up
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As technology improves, we take a look at some of the achievements made in DeFi innovation this year
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Raft Finance and Kyberswap both underwent multiple audits before being drained
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BitVM paper shows how Bitcoin can anchor off-chain smart contracts, but with caveats
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Offchain Labs reveals testnet for Arbitrum Stylus, enabling multi-language coding for smart contract developers
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Ethereum blockchain explorer’s new feature lets users get help understanding solidity smart contracts
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Developers will be able to earn a portion of the gas fees from the smart contracts they helped create
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Still don’t know the difference between smart contract wallets, account abstraction and ERC-4337? You’re not alone
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The ninth major upgrade to the Cosmos Hub paves the way for the launch consumer chains, which lease security from established validators
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The proposed regulation, which is not yet law, does not specifically target crypto but could affect DeFi
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