Blockstream debuts Simplicity as Bitcoin’s answer to Ethereum’s Solidity

Blockstream debuts Simplicity as Bitcoin’s answer to Ethereum’s Solidity

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 protocol Liquid and led by Bitcoin cypherpunk Adam Back, has launched Simplicity, a new smart contract language designed for Bitcoin. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Simplicity smart contracts will…

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# Tech’s good intentions and why Satoshi’s new ‘social order’ foundered

# Tech’s good intentions and why Satoshi’s new ‘social order’ foundered

” Tech’s good intentions and why Satoshi’s new ‘social order’ foundered “ All revolutions have their dogmas, and the cryptocurrency/blockchain insurgency is no different. It’s an article of faith among crypto adherents that decentralization will solve many of society’s ills, including the problem of governance.  Vili Lehdonvirta — an Oxford University social scientist, book author,…

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#  million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs

# $53 million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs

“# $53 million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs ” “DAOs are very powerful token-based coordination mechanism that any person now can wield outside of the legacy financial system”, said Silke Noa, core-member of the AssangeDAO, which recently raised $53 million in support of Wikileak’s founder, Julian Assange.  According to Noa, the fundraising campaign…

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