A New Startup Has Zooko and Naval Betting on Better Crypto Contracts

in new-startup •  6 years ago 

If a series of high-profile vulnerabilities weren't enough to influence you that current's smart contracts are apprehensive, a team of computer scientists that have been studying the tech from 1980s just might.

As announced on Monday, computer scientists Brian Warner, Bill Tulloh, Mark Miller, and Dean Tribble have started a new startup, Agoric, to develop a secure, and blockchain-agnostic programming language founded on javascript. The launching comes with a seed outlay from a notable team of supperters including Zcash Company, Naval Ravikant, and Polychain Capital the for-profit organization that controls the building of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash.

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Depending on the group, the language will permit programmers to code in a more secure and intuitive manner, while consenting for the kind of official verification progressions that can be a kick in smart contract testing currently.

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