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Solidity vs WebAssembly

A side-by-side look at Solidity and WebAssembly. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Solidity

Solidity

Development

Solidity is an open-source programming language created for developing smart contracts that run on the Ethereum blockchain platform. It is a contract-oriented language with syntax similar to JavaScript and allows developers to implement blockchain applications and self-executing contracts.

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WebAssembly

WebAssembly

Development

WebAssembly is a low-level assembly-like language that runs in web browsers. It allows developers to write code in languages like C/C++ and Rust and compile it to WebAssembly, which runs at near-native speed in the browser.

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