In a centralized system, stopping an attack can be as easy as flipping a switch. However, with decentralized setups like ...

Researchers at cybersecurity company Group-IB found that DeadLock, a ransomware family discovered in July 2025, is now using ...

Smart contracts are the worker bees of blockchain technology. Most of the programs that run on blockchains–ranging from financial exchanges to games–are decentralized applications (dapps) that are ...

One benefit of blockchain includes its ability to harness the power of smart contracts. What is a Smart Contract? Although the term “smart contract” sounds like a legal instrument, a smart contract is ...

The insurance industry is on the verge of a monumental shift, driven by the integration of blockchain technology and smart contracts. Bob Brzyski For life and health insurance agents and agency owners ...

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 ...

What are smart contract wallets? Smart contract wallets are self-executing, scripted agreements that automatically enforce the terms of the agreement, providing users with more power and security than ...

What is a smart contract in blockchain? Smart contracts are essentially programs that run when specific criteria are satisfied and are maintained on a blockchain. Smart contracts are usually used to ...

What is a smart contract? This is a question that, these days, has become impossible to answer without starting the digital equivalent of a bar fight. The minute that term is thrown out in a ...

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 ...

Bitcoin's capacity is limited. Meanwhile, smart contracts can be resource intensive. So even though Bitcoin has always supported basic smart contract functionality, the two have never been a natural ...