A new initiative by Matterhorn and the ASI Alliance adds auditing tools and safety checks for vibe coding smart contracts.

Bitcoin smart contracts are a tricky beast to tame, but a new language is making them easier to write, democratizing them in a sense. Smart contracts can (among other things) allow users to set extra ...

Bitcoin Core contributor Jeremy Rubin has revealed his work on a new smart-contract language for Bitcoin, which he hopes will increase the "financial self-sovereignty" of users. Rubin demoed the new ...

Cryptocurrencies and other blockchain applications make headlines, but smart contracts play a critical role in allowing blockchains to communicate and share information effectively. Whenever a ...

What is smart contract testing? The process of methodically assessing and validating the performance, security and functionality of smart contracts — self-executing agreements with the provisions of ...

Update (25 July, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Shantanu Sontakke, security engineer at web3 security firm Zokyo Smart-contract developers and auditors told ...

The flurry of blockchain applications and use cases that have burst into the marketplace during 2020 and 2021, from decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and non-fungible ...

George Walker became interested in NFTs in March and started learning blockchain code. Kaleb Johnson tweeted about an NFT coding question, and Walker responded offering his help. The pair joined ...

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 ...

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