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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 ...

What’s the utility of a so-called ‘smart contract’ if its enforceability in traditional legal systems is a grey area? Most would agree that thorny questions such as this pose a major constraint on the ...

Since its introduction in 2014 the Solidity programming language has become the de facto standard to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain network. Solidity is so popular that numerous ...

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 ...

A big part of that is “smart contracts,” a revolutionizing aspect of this technology that automates trust and takes greater steps towards transparency, which can help with execution of supplier ...

Professor Michael Mainelli is executive chairman of Z/Yen Group and principal advisor to Long Finance. Bob McDowall is an Associate of Z/Yen and additionally chairman of the policy and finance ...