Access blockchain data from Bitcoin smart contracts without oracles
In this article, Xiaohui Liu shows how it is possible to access a specific type of external data without oracles while still maintaining data integrity.
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Over $1 million permanently locked in DeFi smart contract
An error in the Perfect Finance smart contract has resulted in over $1 million in user funds being permanently locked in a smart contract.
US securities regulator shopping for a smart contract analysis tool
The smart contract analysis tool will detail and analyze code within blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies.
How to create smart contracts on Bitcoin
High-level smart contract language sCrypt is basically Solidity for Bitcoin and easily allows creators to achieve Satoshi’s Vision.
sCrypt founder talks smart contracts on BSV at CoinGeek London
Xiaohui Liu gives an update on the progress being made with smart contract development to CoinGeek's Hannah Jackson. %%sitename%% news for %%date%%.
Script unlocked merges the real world with the digital economy
In a Medium post, Stas Trock details how real-world data can be leveraged to implement a stateful contract.
Yes, Bitcoin can run any kind of smart contract
Bitcoin scripting is "extremely extensible, versatile, and future-oriented," with "unbounded" scaling, according to sCrypt Inc..
Synthetic Minds rounds up $5.5M in Pantera Capital-led funding
Synthetic Minds, a smart contract security startup out of San Francisco, has raised $5.5 million in a funding round backed by blockchain investment company Pantera Capital and venture capital firm Khosla Ventures.
Adult industry payment platform saves own ass after getting spanked
As a result of a broken smart contract, a hacker was able to break into the SpankChain platform and siphon funds from some of its users, through deploying a reentrancy bug—the same bug that has previously been used to attack the DAO.
Parity rejects Ethereum split proposal to recover lost $320M in ETH
A glitch in a multi-sig wallet smart contract library last year was responsible for the funds being locked, a factor which had led some to speculate on a potential fork in the Ethereum blockchain to recover the money.
AmEx jumps in on blockchain, files patent for mobile invoice and payment system
Amex plans an invoice and payment system with a smart contract that records merchant reputation.