Morning Edition · Friday, July 31, 2026Published at 1:29 AM EDT · New York
Blockstream's Simplicity Goes Live on Liquid Mainnet With Post-Quantum Signatures
The formally verifiable contract language, eight years in development, now runs real financial logic, and banks including Swisscom's and a Swiss cantonal lender are writing lending contracts on it.
Blockstream's Simplicity, a low-level programming language meant to bring formally verifiable smart contracts to Bitcoin's ecosystem, is now live on the Liquid mainnet running real financial contracts. The company says post-quantum signatur…
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