Ripple Discontinues Smart Contract Platform Codius, Citing Small Market

Ripple Discontinues Smart Contract Platform Codius, Citing Small Market

Ripple Labs, maintainer of the digital currency Ripple, has announced it will not continue the development of its smart contract project nearly a year after it was announced, saying the "small and nascent decentralization market" is too immature. In a blog post, Ripple Labs CTO Stefan Thomas wrote that the company, which recently raised a $28 million....


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