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 ...

More businesses are using automated “smart contracts” to handle transactions. Based on blockchain technology, these contracts execute automatically and are lauded as a way to efficiently digitize ...

Smart contracts automate transactions on blockchains, cutting out middlemen and reducing fees. Decentralized finance uses smart contracts for trading, lending, and more without traditional banks.

For years, “code is law” served as the rallying cry of a new digital frontier — a promise that rules, once written, would enforce themselves like clockwork. In the early architecture of Web3, smart ...

Even the most basic business contract requires a lawyer or a broker to oversee its completion; and meeting the terms of the agreement necessitates additional actions such as invoicing, delivery ...

The insurance industry is on the verge of a monumental shift, driven by the integration of blockchain technology and smart contracts. Bob Brzyski For life and health insurance agents and agency owners ...

With more suppliers adopting digitization, traditional contractual agreements in the supply chain space are being superseded by new arrangements known as smart contracts, a type of self-executing ...

Smart contracts have long been the backbone of blockchain’s promise. These self-executing programs run exactly as coded, without downtime, fraud, or third-party interference—at least in theory. But in ...

The rise of blockchain technology, especially the type used by Ethereum (ETH 1.18%), has caused smart contracts to skyrocket in popularity. For the uninitiated, smart contracts are programmable ...

Hathor, a layer-1 blockchain, introduces Nano Contracts, a smart contract platform with built-in MEV and front-running protection. The introduction of decentralized applications (DApps) opened up new ...

A version of this article originally appeared in the Artnet News Pro fall 2022 Intelligence Report. You want to buy a new painting from a midsize gallery? It’s not as simple as it sounds. After you ...