In 1999’s The Matrix, life as we know it is actually a virtual reality abstraction; a collection of well-shaped zeroes and ones which add up to an utterly convincing simulation of the real world.

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.

George Mallory, a famous English mountaineer, once suggested that it was of no use to climb mountains. Instead, he posited, the only reason to climb a mountain is because it is there. Likewise, when ...

File under: useless but awesome. A Turing Machine is a simple computer capable of simulating complex logarithms. You might remember the interactive doodle Google did of one a few months back for Alan ...

While the invention of calculus by Newton and Leibniz in the 17th century set the stage for the so-called industrial revolution and unleashed unparalleled analytical power to fast-track human ...

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 ...

The Algorand Foundation released an update to the blockchain’s protocol on Thursday, adding decentralized finance (DeFi) features plus the long-awaited smart contracts. “Algorand 2.0” is the largest ...

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 ...