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Smart contracts are orders of magnitude HARDER to write, due to the fact that you have to get them exactly right in every respect, since no interpretation of the intent of the contract can happen, it will just execute as literally written.

And we know very well that writing bug-free code, on the first try, is a ridiculous pipe dream.

Ethereum and its countless hacks and failed contracts has been a very real demonstration of the problem, especially for those who lost large sums of money due to a small mistake in a smart contract.



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