Here’s what a crypto smart contract is and how it works
Smart contracts use blockchain technology to fulfill a pre-programmed contract.
4 min read
Oct 07, 2024
Erin Kennedy
Senior editor, Investing
EXPERTISE
- Investing
- Personal finance
- Retirement
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in history, University of Michigan
Bankrate senior investing editor Erin Kennedy has spent over a dozen years editing and publishing in the financial media space. Her longtime goal has been to help educate people on topics in finance that can seem dull or too complex, and she embraces a reader-centered mindset.
Kennedy has worked on stock recommendations, newsletters, articles, reports and commentaries, in addition to managing several sites. She likes investing in relatively boring equities and ETFs, with the occasional spicy stock thrown in for good measure.
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Election 2024: Where Trump and Harris stand on crypto
Both parties are vying for this small but vocal bloc of single-issue crypto voters.
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