This Lightning Network Designer Is Re-Inventing Bitcoin Smart Contracts

Bitcoin is usually not considered the blockchain best suited for self-executing conditional payments, better known as smart contracts. While it does support basic programmability to enable features like time locks and multi-signature multisig schemes, competing projects like Ethereum, Ethereum Classic or Qtum are often expected to better support more advanced applications.However, a new wave of research is increasingly questioning this assumption. For example, Scriptless Scripts, a project sp

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The World Economic Forum WEF has long been a lightning rod of global discussion on economic, social and political trends. This years gathering in Davos, Switzerland, was no exception.Blockchain technology emerged center stage last week as a key discussion theme, receiving praise from attendees for its cutting-edge potential. Bitcoin and the future of cryptocurrencies, too, were highly discussed topics at the forum, not just casually but also in an official session and a few panel discussions.
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