Ethereum Q&A: How Do Smart Contracts Work?
How do smart contracts in Ethereum work? How are operations conducted without middlemen? Do smart contracts work with external inputs or real-world events? Can we make sure that oracles are not corrupted?
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0:00 How are smart contract operations conducted without having middlemen? Who does them? Can you please give us some real-world examples? Which application is best for it?
0:56 Who runs the smart contracts?
3:35 Just like in other blockchains such as Bitcoin, every node validates
4:56 How can we make sure that oracles feeding information to a smart contract are not corrupt?
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