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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by kortex on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:26AM (#32851577)
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

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by wpietri on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:58AM (#32854003)
I think we both know that they were called "smart contracts" to draft off the legal meaning of the term.
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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Thursday September 15, 2022 @12:46PM (#32854735)
It's money, they should not have been called contracts. Communication is a thing.
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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by DennisP on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:46AM (#32852834)
Hah, that's a good point.
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