[2016-03-01] Bitcoin Gains Smart Contract Functionality With Zero Knowledge Cont

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Bitcoin Gains Smart Contract Functionality With Zero Knowledge Contingent Payments

Zero Knowledge Contingent Payments are have been made a reality for Bitcoin users everywhere. Core dev Gregory Maxwell and Sean Bowe, a member of the Zcash team,  completed the first payment of this type on the bitcoin network a few days back, using a simple script to transfer the answer to a sudoku puzzle over the internet for bitcoin in a secure, non-reversible manner.

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