Ripple Will Soon Add Ethereum Compatible Smart Contracts to XRP Ledger
The contracts will exist on a sidechain built on XRPL, developers said in a Tuesday post.
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Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With ‘EVM Object Format’
The EOF proposal is a series of smaller EIPs that include measures aimed at updating and improving the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and arguably Ethereum’s secret sauce that made it different from Bitcoin and other early distributed networks at the time it launched in 2015.
Internet Computer-Based ‘Bitfinity EVM’ Launches as Bitcoin L2, Supports Runes
The Bitfinity EVM is designed to allow developers to Bitcoin-based Solidity smart contracts, allowing them to transfer BTC, Ordinals and Runes.
OP_CAT Proposal to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin Finally Gets a ‘BIP Number’
Screenshot of “Quantum Cats” launched to promote the reintroduction of OP_CAT. (Quantum Cats/Taproot Wizards)
AI Safety for Smart Contracts Is AI Safety for the World
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What’s at the Intersection of Crypto and AI? Perhaps Murder
Yes, it was a huge shift in a number of ways from writing a scholarly paper. One is that when you write a scholarly paper, the language basically has to be dry, otherwise, the paper is likely to be rejected by peers. A funny story about that. In 1999, I co-authored a paper — actually it was the paper that […]
Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of ‘Soroban’ Smart Contracts
The “Protocol 20” upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precautions after a bug was found.
Stellar’s Foundation Supports Delay of Smart-Contracts Upgrade After Bug Found
A bug identified on Jan. 25 was deemed to pose “little risk,” but after receiving “robust feedback” from the blockchain’s developer community, the Stellar Development Foundation opted to “disarm” its validators ahead of the Jan. 30 target date for the Protocol 20 upgrade.
Towards Governance Abstraction: Understanding a ‘Friendly’ Way to Manage DAOs
Dagon, a technical implementation introduced by core developer Ross Campbell, looks to improve DAO governance and delegation using smart contracts.
DeFi Has a Risk Problem and It’s Time to Solve It
DeFi hacks represented 2% of total value locked across decentralized protocols in 2023. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)