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What Is a Smart Contract? A Developer's Complete Guide

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2025-04-02
What Is a Smart Contract? A Developer's Complete Guide

Smart contracts secure $100B+ in DeFi TVL - yet 80% of hacked protocols ran unaudited code (Halborn, 2025). Covers EVM execution, Solidity, gas mechanics, and security for developers.

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