{"id":164,"date":"2022-03-31T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ackeeblockchain.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=164"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:28:28","slug":"smart-contract","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/ackee.xyz\/blog\/glossary\/smart-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Szabo first defined the term smart contract in 1994. It was 14 years before the invention of bitcoin, and there is speculation in bitcoin circles that Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamato.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the term smart contract is used in association with <strong>Blockchain technology<\/strong>. A smart contract is a code written into the blockchain network, which makes it <strong>immutable<\/strong> and <strong>irreversible<\/strong>. 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