Tag: smart contracts

Uniswap Labs Announces Upcoming v4 and Developer Training Program

Uniswap Labs has unveiled its plans for the launch of Uniswap v4, which will reshape the landscape of decentralized finance. The announcement of...

Humanity Protocol: Revolutionizing the Digital Economy with Community Staking

Humanity Protocol emerges as a beacon of innovation in the blockchain space. The Community Staking program promises an annualized 100% Yield on staked...

From Proof-of-Concept to Possibilities: Citibank’s Digital Asset Frontier

Citibank announced the successful completion of a proof-of-concept on private fund tokenization. Following Citi's announcement, Avalanche's AVAX coin witnessed a notable surge, reflecting...

Flatcoins: Revolutionizing Stability in Cryptocurrency Amid Escalating Global Inflations

Flatcoins enable improved value retention in a situation of escalating global inflations. The basket of Assets approach relies on a public cost-of-living index...

Smart Contract Development: Unlocking Blockchain’s Revolutionary Power

Channels like "Dapp University" and "EatTheBlocks" provide valuable content that breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand videos. Platforms like Coursera, Udemy, edX,...

Kenya’s Metaverse Revolution: Unveiling the Second African AI Summit

The Kenya Metaverse community has unveiled the second edition of the African AI and Metaverse Summit to be held in Nairobi. KCA deputy...

Mastering Crypto Investments: Understanding Market Cap Dynamics

The crypto market cap represents a crucial metric for understanding the value of a digital currency. There are over 26,000 cryptocurrency projects currently,...

Understanding the layers of blockchain technology

The first application of blockchain dates back to the 1990s, but its complete version debuted in 2009. A smart contract is a set...

How blockchain technology can improve contract agreements

Contracts are commonly used in various situations, such as business agreements, employment contracts, rental agreements, sales contracts, and more. Traditional contract management systems...

Smart contracts role in commercializing blockchain technology

Smart contracts are self-executing contracts with the terms and conditions directly written into code. Predefined events and conditions trigger smart contracts, and once...

The relationship between crypto and the law

The relationship between cryptocurrency and the law becomes even more pronounced because no intermediary or authority has exclusive jurisdiction to settle cryptocurrency-related disputes. For instance, in a conventional financial transaction, if a party claims theft of their account credentials and fraudulent transfer of money from their account, their financial institution (such as a bank) can intervene and help resolve the matter. However, suppose a parallel situation occurs on a blockchain platform. In that case, no mechanism is in place for settling such a dispute because cryptocurrency is decentralized and has no financial institutions that act as intermediaries. Accordingly, victims of cryptocurrency theft will likely have no legal avenue to compensate for their losses.

Simple programming languages to develop smart contracts

There are two kinds of programming languages for smart contracts; dedicated and general purpose. Solidity and Rholang languages are dedicated blockchain code languages...

The steps you need to take to become a blockchain developer

Blockchain has a broad scope of applications in the African cryptocurrency ecosystem Being a blockchain developer involves work, and an academic background in...

Blockchain security core components: Tools to test the security of a blockchain

Security analysts pondered over this increase in insecurity, and then through diligent analysis, blockchain security was devised. Any form of cyber security...

The link between decentralised finance and African trade

Eventually, DeFi inventors and regulators must collaborate to grow this technology throughout Africa for optimal benefits. DeFi might provide inexpensive and quick liquidity pools for African merchants and SMEs, faster transactions, and enhanced security. And, for the last mile, DeFi may provide blockchain-based financial services that are inexpensive, if not free, quick, and accessible through any mobile phone.