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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a world where most of the infrastructure behind processes, applications, and agreements relies on centralized entities, smart contracts are a novel concept that fosters trust and removes the need ...

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 ...

The Ethereum network brought smart contracts into the blockchain space, making concepts like decentralized finance (DeFi) possible. Smart contracts can automatically execute processes once certain ...

Algorand warns developers that vibe coding smart contracts with AI tools risks irreversible fund loss and calls for disciplined agentic engineering.

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 ...