Smart contracts are based on one of the core ideas behind modern blockchain technology. They are a way to automate a wide range of crypto transactions and processes without relying on intermediaries ...

An application on Ethereum, Solana or other programmable blockchain. Smart contracts mostly govern financial arrangements; for example, they enable new cryptocurrencies to be established, and they ...

A smart contract is an application that uses blockchain and acts as a digital contract supported by a set of rules. Smart contracts are not considered contracts in the legal sense in most ...

In a world where most of the infrastructure behind processes, applications, and agreements relies on centralized entities, smart contracts are a novel concept that fosters trust and removes the need ...

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 ...

Smart contracts are talked about quite a lot. What is often ignored, however, is their safety. On one hand, we have self-executing mechanisms that don’t require mediators. On the other, it takes one ...

Smart contract technology is booming with the release of Ethereum and programming languages such as Solidity and Serpent, that have made contracts much simpler to build and deploy. The idea has been ...

AI is accelerating smart contract hacks and shortening audit shelf life. $1.32B lost in H1 2026. The Silicon Review reports ...

Ted Mlynar and Ira Schaefer are partners in the Intellectual Property practice at Hogan Lovells in New York City. They advise on patent and other intellectual property issues relating to blockchain ...