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Smart contract

A smart contract is a computer program or a transaction protocol that is intended to automatically execute, control or document events and actions according to the terms of a contract or an agreement. The objectives of smart contracts are the reduction of need for trusted intermediators, arbitration costs, and fraud losses, as well as the reduction of…

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Etymology

Legal status of smart contracts

Workings

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Security issues

Difference from smart legal contracts

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Smart contract

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples62
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Smart contract

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related to Workings · 24
Smart contract → Bitcoin Script, Byzantine, Due, End, Ethereum, Ethereum Virtual Machine, However, Ivy, On Ethereum, Once, Scilla, Scrypto, Similar, Simplicity, Smart, Solidity, Some, Such, That, The
related to Security issues · 12
Smart contract → Ether, Ethereum, Ethereum Virtual Machine, Issues, June, Other, Parity, Solidity, Such, The, The DAO, US
has application · 9
Smart contract → Askemos, Bitcoin, Byzantine, In, One, Replicated, Scheme, SQLite, Szabo
related to Etymology · 6
Smart contract → By, In, Nick Szabo, Stanford Digital Library Project, Szabo, The Stanford Infobus
related to Difference from smart legal contracts · 5
Smart contract → As, On, Smart, There, Therefore
related to Legal status of smart contracts · 3
Smart contract → Proposals, Smart, Some
is a · 1
Smart contract → computer program or a transaction protocol that is intended to automatically execute

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Smart contractis acomputer program or a transaction protocol that is intended to automatically execute0.90text
by transferring cryptocurrencies or other tokensinstance ofsuch as technological means for the automation of payment obligations0.80text
contractual unforeseeabilityinstance oflegal scholars have examined how the rigidity of smart contracts interacts with traditional doctrines0.80text
Smart contracthas applicationIn0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationSzabo0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationByzantine0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationAskemos0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationScheme0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationSQLite0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationOne0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationBitcoin0.60section
Smart contracthas applicationReplicated0.60section

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