Sentences with phrase «via bitcoin contracts»

Sidechains are new blockchains which are backed by Bitcoins, via Bitcoin contracts, just as dollars and pounds used to be backed by cold hard gold.

Not exact matches

That being said, VanEck will reportedly provide the pricing data for an upcoming bitcoin futures contract to be made available via the Nasdaq exchange.

Upon expiry of a futures contract, the settlement is either physical, in the case of commodities, or via a cash settlement in the case of Bitcoin, though the futures contracts are likely to change hands on numerous occasions before expiry.

Traders not only will be able to participate in Bitcoin's price increase via long positions in the Bitcoin futures contract, they can also play the short side or hedge against outright Bitcoin positions.

In the last couple of days a smart contract start - up (which also offers an AI assistant) has raised 5,098 Bitcoins» worth of capital, which is approximately $ 11,134,732, by selling its own digital currency or «token» on the open market via an ICO (an Initial Coin Offering).

RSK is the first open - source smart contract platform with a 2 - way peg to Bitcoin that also rewards the Bitcoin miners via merge - mining, allowing them to actively participate in the Smart Contract revcontract platform with a 2 - way peg to Bitcoin that also rewards the Bitcoin miners via merge - mining, allowing them to actively participate in the Smart Contract revContract revolution.

To that end, the firm last year raised a $ 1m seed round and gathered 25 bitcoin startups included Bitfinex, BitPay, Bitstamp, BTCC and Xapo to commit to helping develop bitcoin smart contracts via its sidechain solution.

Mazurek pointed out that bitcoin can not currently be used for margin payments of futures contracts, which explains the use of and WB21 to facilitate payments via acceptable currencies.

In short, through the ACES Project (Ark Contract Execution Services) the ARK network can interact freely with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin blockchains via its genius SmartBridge technology, giving ARK the immense power to utilise their features, such as Smart Contracts which are the bread and butter of the Ethereum Network.

Rootstock is the first open - sourced smart contract platform with a 2 way peg to Bitcoin that also rewards miners via merge mining, allowing them to actively participate in the smart contract revolution.

The Plantoid feeds on bitcoins and reproduces via a smart contract.

Bitcoin Atom implements Atomic Swaps that are currently implemented via Hashed Timelock Contracts (HTLC) on - chain, and potentially via Lightning Network (LN) off - chain, which enables exchange crypto assets directly between blockchains without middlemen involved.

Unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum is a platform - based technology, which allows for several tokens and decentralized Applications (called dApps) to create smart - contract products via Ethereum's blockchain.

During the third annual Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, Russian developer Sergei Lonshakov demonstrated the work of his «drone employee,» that is, a drone operated via a smart contract.