UK banking giant Barclays and University College London have set forth their initial vision for smart contracts in a new position paper. Released this week, the 15-page research effort explores the ...

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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 ...

Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. The culprit was a bug in the wallet’s software, which the user in ...