Who first proposed the concept of “smart contracts”?
First, what they are: When Nick Szabo designed Bit Gold, he wanted to replicate the security and trust properties of gold in the digital world, without relying on a central authority.
Why it works this way: Nick Szabo often used vending machines to explain smart contracts: insert a coin, choose a product, and the machine dispenses it according to predefined rules, without a salesperson present.
Ethereum, associated with $ETH , brought the concept of smart contracts into widespread practice.
Every potential return comes with a corresponding risk, so consider the worst-case scenario first.
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First, what they are: When Nick Szabo designed Bit Gold, he wanted to replicate the security and trust properties of gold in the digital world, without relying on a central authority.
Why it works this way: Nick Szabo often used vending machines to explain smart contracts: insert a coin, choose a product, and the machine dispenses it according to predefined rules, without a salesperson present.
Ethereum, associated with $ETH , brought the concept of smart contracts into widespread practice.
Every potential return comes with a corresponding risk, so consider the worst-case scenario first.
#ETH