Bithalo, Blackhalo, and NightTrader: Revolutionary Smart Contracts Technology Now in Beta
Central banks complain today that innovation in cryptocurrency is too quick, and business adoption is too fast, for them to prepare their laws and lay down their rules as Moses did from the high mountain. Cryptocurrencies' response was to switch innovation to second gear by inching closer towards the implementation of smart contracts. David Zimbeck announced today the beta version of the "first known two-party electronic contracting system anywhere in the world" which he calls Bithalo for the protocol to be used with Bitcoin, Blackhalo for the protocol to be used with Blackcoin and....
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BitHalo, "the world's first released working smart-contract software" announces the release of version 2.1 to compete head-to-head with the likes of Paypal and Western Union. The self-proclaimed "mother of smart contracts" launched its decentralized escrow client in July 2014 for blackcoin only. In August 2014 it added Bitcoin, making it "the world's first multi-coin client." Smart Contracts. One of the more fascinating and promising uses of blockchain technology is the ability to create Smart Contracts. These contracts are peer to peer agreements that eliminate the need for a trusted 3rd....
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Many people have been waiting for Bitcoin's killer app. This is the one app that would provide a use case where it actually makes sense for the average person to use Bitcoin on a regular basis. It seems that we may have finally have the first such app in the form of BitHalo. This new innovation from David Zimbeck comes packed with a variety of new, exciting features for online commerce as a whole, and it doesn't seem like the full impact of this new software will be felt until the full version is released. One of the main problems that Bitcoin has had up to this point is that some....