Tag: SMART
Ethereum’s Layer-2 Expansion, Rise of Zero-Knowledge Cryptography, and Bitcoin’s New Frontier in Tokenization, Smart Contracts, and File Hosting
LAYER 2'S EVERYWHERE: In last week's The Protocol, we dedicated a not-inconsiderable quantity of ink to the fast-growing list of new "layer 2" blockch [...]
New figures show hardly anyone is using ERC-4337 smart accounts
Ethereum account abstraction advocate John Rising has shared some “sobering” numbers showing overall ERC-4437 adoption has been far from ideal. In a N [...]
Robin Linus, Author of ‘BitVM’ for Bitcoin $BTC Smart Contracts, Is Back With New Plan for File Hosting
The BitStream proposal echoes the BitVM paper's attempt address the risk of damaging the network's performance by clogging it up with transactions or [...]
EU backs Data Act with clause to shut off smart contracts
The European Parliament has voted to approve the Data Act — controversial legislation that includes a stipulation necessitating smart contracts have t [...]
EU Parliament Approves Data Act That Could Kill Smart Contracts
The act, which establishes rules on the sharing of data, received 481 votes in favor and 31 votes against, according to a press release. The legislati [...]
BNB Smart Chain scam losses dropped 75% in Q3: Report
Scams facilitated on BNB Smart Chain (BSC) decreased from $55.4 million in the second quarter of 2023 to $13.6 million in the third quarter, according [...]
Smart Contract Platform Llama Raises $6M From Investors Including Founders Fund, Electric Capital
Smart contract platform Llama has raised $6 million in seed funding from Founders Fund and Electric Capital, with other investors including Sandeep Na [...]
Why hackers may prefer Binance’s BNB Smart Chain
Despite the name “EtherHiding,” the new attack vector that hides malicious code in blockchain smart contracts doesn’t have much to do with Ethereum at [...]
Stellar Blockchain to Add Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts – in Possible Boost for XLM Token
Among those was the decision to use Rust as the primary programming language, along with WebAssembly, also known as WASM, as the instruction format. T [...]
Bitcoin Might Get Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts Under ‘BitVM’ Plan
They then make on-chain deposits to a Bitcoin address, activating the contract and they start to exchange off-chain data, with the verifier able to ta [...]
Hong Kong Stock Exchange launches settlement platform powered by smart contracts
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the operator of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and London Metal Exchang [...]
IOTA to Debut ShimmerEVM’s Smart Contracts and Tokens
These contracts will be released on ShimmerEVM, an Ethereum-compliant blockchain. ShimmerEVM is part of Shimmer, an IOTA ecosystem blockchain that all [...]
NYU law professors argue ‘personal growth bets’ using smart contracts should be legal
New York University School of Law professors Max Raskin and Jack Millman recently published a paper in the Journal on Emerging Technologies discussing [...]
Binance creates smart contract to refund users affected by $3M rug pull
Crypto exchange Binance has created an automated smart contract to reimburse users following the events of the Xirtam rug pull.According to a Sept. 6 [...]
AI-coded smart contracts may be flawed and ‘fail miserably’ when attacked: CertiK
Artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will create more problems, bugs and attack vectors if used to write smart contracts and build c [...]