OP_NET is a new protocol that aims to bring smart contracts and decentralized finance directly to Bitcoin transactions.

The financial system is evolving faster than at any point in modern history. Blockchain technology has introduced a structural alternative to centralized bankin ...

The digital asset space has grown and changed significantly over the past 10 years, from niche to mainstream financial innovation. Cryptocurrencies and DeFi platforms are disrupting traditional ...

What is the role of oracles in blockchain systems? Know how blockchain oracles connect off-chain data to smart contracts to ...

One of the Trump administration’s very first executive orders (No. 14178), issued January 23, 2025, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology,” was aimed at promoting ...

While exploitation of security flaws in many smart contracts have become a perennial target of cyberattackers, more security firms are shining a spotlight on scams that use fraudulent or obfuscated ...

Adam Back’s Blockstream has launched Bitcoin-native smart contract programming language Simplicity, offering an alternative to Ethereum’s Solidity. Blockstream, the developer of Bitcoin’s layer-2 ...

Truebit lost $26 million after a smart-contract overflow bug let an attacker mint tokens at near-zero cost, sending the TRU price down 99%. A $26 million exploit of the offline computation protocol ...

Contract analysis once required weeks of manual audits and specialized review, but AI tools can now surface issues in seconds. However, as AI’s capabilities expand ...