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Re:Missing line in a smart contract leads to $10M hack by ZephyrBlu on Sunday May 16, 2021 @05:37PM (#27177222)
It's called a "smart contract" because it's programmable (Smart) and can be executed based on specific conditions (Contract).

I've seen/read somewhere that Vitalik regrets naming them "smart contracts" though.

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Re:Missing line in a smart contract leads to $10M hack by varjag on Sunday May 16, 2021 @05:44PM (#27177277)
They are database triggers, but that's not enough grandeur for cryptoheads.
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