Bitcoin, initially designed as electronic cash, has become a store of value and a foundation for decentralized finance. While its scripting language was initially limited, technologies like SegWit and ...

Bitcoin token protocol BRC20 has taken a step toward enabling Ethereum-style smart contracts. The Bitcoin token protocol has integrated Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) into its core logic as of Bitcoin ...

The privacy coin has some very ambitious upgrades planned.

The new language uses Bitcoin’s UTXO model and allows contracts to be verified with math before they are executed. Today, Blockstream announced it has launched Simplicity, a new smart contract ...

The long-anticipated release introduces more expressive Bitcoin-native smart contract capabilities to layer-2, anchored in Bitcoin’s security model and engineered to avoid the exploits and fragility ...

This coin has survived for a long time, but can it ever thrive?