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 ...

The convergence of AI and smart contracts isn't a future vision—it's an incremental process already underway. It propels blockchain automation into the next phase: one where contracts don't only ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Smart contracts are talked about quite a lot. What is often ignored, however, is their ...

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 ...

Smart contracts are digital contracts on a blockchain that automatically execute when conditions are met. They operate on “if/when...then...” logic and are ...