Although the Script language in Bitcoin transactions is not Turing Complete (NTC), Ethereum's Solidity programming language is Turing Complete (TC). The Taproot upgrade of Bitcoin in November 2021 ...

Data manipulation is at the heart of computation, and a system is said to be Turing-complete if it can be configured to manipulate data in a way that makes implementing arbitrary computation possible.

Chris DeRose is a journalist, software developer, bitcoin evangelist, public speaker and lead developer of Drop Zone. In this feature, DeRose discusses blockchain-based smart contracts, and why he ...