Dark Fusion to bring smart contracts to the Bitcoin network via Simple Contract Language (SCL)

Dark Fusion Technologies, a company whose mission is to make the power of smart contracts and tokens available on Bitcoin’s network, just came one step closer to achieving this goal. The firm developed a Bitcoin-specific smart contract language known as the Simple Contract Language (SCL).

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OpenZeppelin excludes isContract, urging ecosystem evolution

Smart contract development service OpenZeppelin recently removed a commonly used smart contract function called isContract in an effort to push the ecosystem forward towards greater flexibility and improved user experiences.

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Avalanche project Stars Arena suffers $2.9M exploit, leaving smart contract with just $0.051

Hackers exploited a vulnerability on Oct 7 and drained $2. 9 million worth of Avalanche (AVAX) tokens from the smart contract of Stars Arena, an Avalanche-based social token platform. The vulnerable smart contract was used to secure tokens on the platform.

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New York DA Brings First-Ever Charges for Attack on Crypto Exchange’s Smart Contract

New York officials bring charges over an attack the directly targeted vulnerabilities in the smart contract of a cryptocurrency exchange. The post New York DA Brings First-Ever Charges for Attack on Crypto Exchange’s Smart Contract appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Ethereum: Payment Giant Visa Deploys First Paymaster Smart Contract on ETH Testnet

Ethereum: Visa deploys first Paymaster Smart Contract on testnet

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Level Finance confirms $1M exploit due to buggy smart contract

An attacker manipulated a “claim multiple” bug in a Level Finance smart contract to steal more than 214,000 LVL tokens from the exchange.

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Smart Contract Platforms: Past, Present and Future

A brief overview of smart contract platform use cases and the potential for investment.

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Stellar Development Foundation launches $100M fund to support native smart contract adoption

The Soroban Adoption Fund incentivizes developers to begin building products and tools on the new smart contract platform.

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Rep. Emmer demands an explanation of OFAC’s Tornado Cash sanction from Sec. Yellen

The Minnesota Republican highlighted the practical issues that could allegedly arise from the placement of smart contract addresses on the SDN list in a series of pointed questions.

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Three Hacks in a week- DeFi applications display their soft underbelly

Decentralized Finance protocols are harder to run than they look. There are multiple points of failure for platforms including smart contract exploits, flash loan attacks, and rug pulls by anonymous employees.

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NFT Project Aku Dreams Loses $34 Million To Smart Contract Flaw

Akutars, a highly anticipated Ethereum-based NFT project developed by Aku Dreams, which featured the character of a young astronaut, hit a snag after its launch on 22nds April and locked up $34 million due to the faulty code of the smart contract.

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Cardano Undertakes New Proposal to Speed Up Smart Contract Platform Updates

Cardano is working on a proposal to speed up smart contract platform updates

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Missed out on Ethereum? These smart contract platforms are promising outstanding growth

Ethereum is the biggest smart contract platform right now. It has dominated the industry,… The post Missed out on Ethereum? These smart contract platforms are promising outstanding growth appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Yes, Bitcoin Is A Smart Contract Platform

Many think that smart contracts are only executable on overly-complex blockchains, but Bitcoin is a smart contract platform by definition.

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Gelato Network launches new multi-chain smart contract automation app

Gelato Network, a decentralized network of bots to automate smart contract executions on public EVM compatible blockchains, today announced the launch of Gelato Ops —  a multi-chain smart contract automation hub that is now available on Ethereum, Polygon, Fantom, and Arbitrum.

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BNBMatrix: Generate 17% Daily ROI with this Smart Contract

Binance Smart Chain network-based Smart Contract is the rising star in the crypto business. As a matter of fact, it is considered to be a crucial contributor to the blockchain economy. Lately, countless financial opportunities have been coming up for crypto investors and enthusiasts in various forms.

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Smart Contracts Coming To Bitcoin: The Ultimate Ethereum and Cardano Killer?

Its smart contract season as Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is gearing up for a smart contract upgrade courtesy of Dfinity’s Internet Computer blockchain (ICB). The decision which received 96.

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Cardano Plunges 13 Percent Despite Smart Contract Launch

Charles Hoskinson is having a victory lap after the much-anticipated smart contract launch

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Charles Hoskinson to Announce Date of Cardano's Smart Contract Launch This Week

IOHK is just days away from announcing the exact date of Cardano’s smart contract launch

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Cardano Releases Plutus Smart Contract Language in Preparation for Alonzo Hard Fork

Cardano is steps away from adding smart contract functionality once the next major upgrade, Alonzo, is complete. The smart contract functionality will be coded using the native Plutus language. The post Cardano Releases Plutus Smart Contract Language in Preparation for Alonzo Hard Fork first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Cardano’s Next Upgrade to Introduce Smart Contract Support

Cardano’s next upgrade Alonzo will introduce smart contract support to the blockchain. Alonzo will use the Plutus platform to establish the infrastructure and tools for smart contract development.

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Cardano Fund Invests in COTI Ahead of Smart Contract Launch

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TRONADZ – The First Decentralized AdNetwork

In the present economy, the role of decentralization is huge, and there comes the use of Smart Contract Technology, which not only is disrupting the traditional payment routes but is doing it in great style! In accordance with the program code, the Smart contract allows for the distribution of digital assets. All transactions are done […]

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Driving Smart Contract Adoption through Fungible and Non-Fungible Tokens

Smart contract platforms are often touted as the catalysts that will catapult the blockchain economy to the next level, and it is hard to argue otherwise as they can be utilized to perform myriad tasks in a secure, transparent, and cost-effective manner.

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This New Coding Language Could Help Unlock Bitcoin’s Smart Contract Potential

With the introduction of Sapio, Jeremy Rubin hopes to expand Bitcoin's smart contract use cases and increase the "financial self-sovereignty" of its users.

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Data: Cardano (ADA), up 150%, is the hottest smart contract coin of 2020

In 2017 and 2018, smart contracts were seen as the next big thing in crypto. The post Data: Cardano (ADA), up 150%, is the hottest smart contract coin of 2020 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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DeFi Apps Represent 24/7 Multi-Million Dollar Hacker Honeypots

A recent smart contract exploit resulted in the loss of 1,193 ETH. The incident has prompted questioning of the security of the rapidly evolving DeFi sector. Over the weekend, the exploitation of a smart contract vulnerability forced developers at Ethereum-based app Fulcrum to partially disable its smart contract.

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Japanese Finance Giant Nomura Invests in Smart Contract Auditing Startup

Japan financial group Nomura has invested in Y Combinator-backed smart contract auditing startup Quantstamp.

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Smart Contract Auditor Lets Go 80% of Staff in Crypto Winter Cutbacks

After an initial boom, smart contract auditing firm Hosho went from from 37 employees to seven after business slowed in 2018.

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A Smart Contract Now Pays You to Borrow, is This Madness or is it Genius?

The rise of decentralized and natively digital finance comes with a puzzle. Why are people borrowing dai at an interest rate of 20% from Compund’s smart contract, when they can... The post A Smart Contract Now Pays You to Borrow, is This Madness or is it Genius? appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Smart Contract Developers May Be Held Liable by the SEC

Nick Szabo invented them but has reservations about what they’ve become. Vitalik Buterin adopted them but now regrets using their name. Dangerous when coded badly, and powerful when used intelligently, smart contracts have become a critical component of the cryptoconomy.

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What is Metaverse (ETP)?

Ethereum was developed to be a smart contract platform for dapps. Other smart contract platforms began to rise after… The post What is Metaverse (ETP)? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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SpankChain Loses $40K in Hack Due to Smart Contract Bug

SpankChain, a cryptocurrency project focused on the adult industry, lost almost $40,000 due to a smart contract flaw on Saturday.

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Almost $240,000 Worth of EOS Tokens Stolen In dApp Smart Contract Hack

Ethereum rival EOS has suffered a smart contract security breach on one of its decentralized applications which has resulted in the theft of around $240,000 worth of tokens. The post Almost $240,000 Worth of EOS Tokens Stolen In dApp Smart Contract Hack appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Trade Code: Writing your first Ethereum Smart Contract

This guide will help developers and enthusiasts write and deploy their first smart contract. Coding skills will be helpful but are not mandatory for merely following the guide. Also check out the previous post of this series: Trade Code: How to Determine Ethereum Arbitrage Opportunities Using Command Line On Cloud.

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Getting smart with Ethereum's new contracts language

This month the Ethereum Foundation released another (python-esque) language, Vyper, to update the security of smart contracts. So what are the skills, languages and software needed for smart contract reading and writing and when does it make sense to contract your writing to a third party?

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KRATOS ICO

KRATOS is a decentralized physical commodities trading platform. Built on blockchain technology and smart contract, KRATOS addresses the challenges relating to insufficient trust, documentation and quality assurance.

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RatingToken Discovers 12,000 Identical Smart Contracts Deployed by One Ethereum Address

The Ethereum ecosystem has attracted many developers and companies over the years. Its native smart contracts have proven to be of great value in unlocking new and interesting use cases. For some reason, there has been a rather steep surge in Ethereum smart contract production over the past few days. Some of this activity seems […]

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Gemstra ICO

Gemstra is building a blockchain-integrated ecosystem (ASTRA Platform) and token economy (GMS Token) to unlock social selling to the entire retail market. ASTRA is a smart contract platform. It leverages blockchain technology to put data back in the hands of sellers and enable retailers (called "Merchants" in the Gemstra ecosystem) and brands from the $24 trillion global retail economy to join social selling.

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Covee Network ICO

Covee is building a global, borderless and collaborative future of work where smart contract replace middlemen like corporations and team governance is self-organized and decentralized. Using the blockchain technology and advanced mechanism design, the platform insures fair reward distribution and establishes a trusted environment for remote collaboration.

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University of Gulf University authorized the Blockchain students

Swiss blockchain company KryptoPal will be working together with Gulf University in the Kingdom of Bahrain to develop and then implement a self-sovereign student portfolio management system built on smart contract technology.

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When Smart Contracts Act Stupid: Is Your ICO Smart Contract Safe & Secure?

The potential inherent in smart contracts is immense. The nascent technology may be used for identity verification, secure data sharing, and for the management of tokens and raised funds in an initial coin offering/token sale – but just how clever are your smart contracts? The Ethereum network boasts more than 1500 decentralized applications (dApps), all of which make use of smart contracts to accomplish a wide variety of tasks.

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Bancor Says Only Smart Contract Breached, “Our Wallets Have Been Battle-Tested”

Bancor's co-founder insists that all is well with Bancor as far as user wallets are concerned, citing that losses only occurred on the smart contract level.

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ORIGO Token ICO: Real Blockchain Smart Contract Privacy Network?

These days, when privacy is one of the largest concerns when dealing with cryptocurrencies, dApps, and smart contracts, it is more important than ever to use a trustworthy platform. This is where Origo comes in – a dApp platform with its biggest focus being on user privacy. What Is ORIGO? Origo is a special kind of […]

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IG Token Switches to Airdrop after ICO Flop

Due to lack of interest, the IG Token project pulled the plug on its ICO and went for an airdrop instead. Meanwhile, the new smart contract to distribute the token seriously loaded the Ethereum network.

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Rumors Regarding Ethereum Developers Accepting EIP-999 Are False

The Ethereum community has never shown any favor toward the EIP-999 proposal. This proposal was made to bail out Parity after losing $250 million due to a smart contract bug. Ethereum community members clearly rejected this proposal, yet some people are claiming it will still be implemented.

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Millions of Dollars Are Being Sent to a Ponzi Like Ethereum Smart Contract Game That Might Never End

Revolutionizing finance, industry, entertainment, games, is one thing, but revolutionizing ponzi schemes? Kids! With their silly memes and flashy graphics, they are attracting some 25,000 transactions in a day, amounting.

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InsCoin for Knox Project ICO

The KNOX project will be the first insurance company that merges the real world with the digital one using Blockchain technology, creating the an efficient and advanced structure in the sector, to find a solution to the problem of certification and anti-forgery of insurance policies.

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Block.One Releases EOSIO Version 1.1.0 Targeted at Scalability, EOS Price up Nearly 3 Percent

Enterprise blockchain, smart contract, and Dapp platform EOS has upgraded its EOSIO open-source blockchain software to version EOSIO 1. 1. 0 to achieve better scalability and performance. The new release, announced July 20, 2018, also focuses on a better usability experience for developers looking to build on the EOS platform “laying a foundation for more scalable application… The post Block.

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