Digital Asset to Open Source Smart Contract Language
Digital Asset Holdings has announced it intends to open-source DAML, the smart contracting language it acquired from startup Elevence earlier this year. Though no date has been set for the transition, the Blythe Masters-led blockchain startup credited its bid to "advance industry adoption" of the tech as the impetus for the move. However, Digital Asset said work needs to be done to increase DAML's functionality and documentation so that it is ready for use outside the startup. The company wrote: "By making DAML more widely available, we intend to enable clients, partners and....
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