In the introduction, smart contracts, characterized as self-executing agreements with terms encoded directly, stand as a cornerstone in the blockchain ecosystem. These automated protocols facilitate ...

The Postquant Labs project uses Arch Network to deliver post-quantum signature protection without a Bitcoin soft fork, ...

A research paper published this week outlined a new paradigm to bring Ethereum-style smart contracts to the Bitcoin network. BitVM, as it is known, was laid out in an Oct. 9 whitepaper by Robin Linus, ...

Sasha Mitchell of BeL2 discussed his work to drive new functionality to the Bitcoin network and unlock more use cases for the world. Diving into the complex world of blockchain technology, Roundtable ...

Bitcoin Cash is leaning on the May 15 Layla upgrade, which could restore advanced scripting & low-fee smart contract utility ...

Bitlayer’s Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the network’s hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin ...

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts. Update (April 17 at 2:30 am UTC): This ...

The new language uses Bitcoin’s UTXO model and allows contracts to be verified with math before they are executed. Today, Blockstream announced it has launched Simplicity, a new smart contract ...

The DFINITY Foundation, the “not-for-profit” contributing to the development of the Internet Computer (IC) — the “world’s first” web-speed, internet-scale public blockchain — has announced the ...

Diving into the complex world of blockchain technology, Roundtable anchor Rob Nelson hosted a conversation with Sasha Mitchell of BeL2, shedding light on the venture's aim to enhance bitcoin utility ...