
Article by Xiaohui Liu
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16 June, 2021
Bitcoin vs Ethereum smart contracts
In this side by side comparison between Bitcoin and Ethereum smart contracts, sCrypt’s Xiaohui Liu finds Bitcoin offers superior performance,...
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29 April, 2021
Cooperative smart contracts: How off-chain honesty saves on-chain computation
Xiaohui Liu introduces a generic approach to skip on-chain computation in Bitcoin smart contracts, while ensuring security in the presence...
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28 April, 2021
Bitcoin smart contract 2.0: Part 2
In this article, Xiaohui Liu explains how to implement an alternative contract for achieving fair coin toss as developed in...
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27 April, 2021
Bitcoin smart contract 2.0: Trustless contracting by combining on-chain and off-chain transactions
In a new approach to designing smart contracts on Bitcoin, sCrypt’s Xioahui Liu explains how to combine contracting with transactions/contracts...
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10 November, 2020
A step-by-step guide to developing Bitcoin smart contracts
Xiaohui Liu walks through the complete workflow of the design, development, testing, deployment, and invocation process of smart contracts in...
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1 October, 2020
How to scale Ethereum today?
With Ethereum 2.0 still at least 18 months away, the team behind sCrypt is proposing a practical solution that works...
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