[2016-01-08] 'Smart Contracts' Are the Future of Blockchain

[hendra147]

As far as digital currency has come, the passing of bitcoin for purchases is still a relatively primitive transaction. But what if you could program such transactions to occur at preordained times, under set circumstances, and even involving a preregistered group of multiple counterparties? Scanning your groceries triggers paying the grocer. A football score automatically leads to movement of funds between anyone who bet on the game.

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