Bitcoin to Gain Ethereum’s Functionality Through Counterparty, Launch by AutumnCounterparty is to launch Ethereum’s Virtual Machine on testnet in two weeks, with a mainnet launch estimated around Autumn 2016, bringing Ethereum’s smart contract functionality to Bitcoin.
Counterparty’s EVM is 99% the same as Ethereum’s, according to sources, and has 85% test coverage, higher than Ethereum’s python core library, Pyethereum, according to a press release.
Response to the DAO hack
Responding to the recent DAO debacle, the press-release emphasises that Counterparty’s work on an EVM port continues as planned, but a new bylaw has been implemented...........
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