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		kortex on Sept 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Ethereum merge is done Smart contracts are still contracts, just a different kind than the typical legal contracts. "Contract" has been used to describe API interfaces. Words can have more than one meaning. "Contract" is also a verb, with multiple meanings. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract

wpietri on Sept 15, 2022 | [–]

I think we both know that they were called "smart contracts" to draft off the legal meaning of the term.

P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Sept 15, 2022 | | [–]

It's money, they should not have been called contracts. Communication is a thing.

DennisP on Sept 15, 2022 | [–]

Hah, that's a good point.

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