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One of the Trump administration’s very first executive orders (No. 14178), issued January 23, 2025, titled “Strengthening American Leadership ...

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 ...

A smart contract is an application that uses blockchain and acts as a digital contract supported by a set of rules. Smart contracts are not considered contracts in the legal sense in most ...

What is smart contract testing? The process of methodically assessing and validating the performance, security and functionality of smart contracts — self-executing agreements with the provisions of ...

What’s the utility of a so-called ‘smart contract’ if its enforceability in traditional legal systems is a grey area? Most would agree that thorny questions such as this pose a major constraint on the ...

It’s well known that blockchain technology decentralizes decision making and fosters decision by consensus. A big part of that is “smart contracts,” a revolutionizing aspect of this technology that ...