Examples of Smart Contracts

NFTs that are displayed on major Tezos NFT marketplace websites like Objkt and FXHash are a popular example of smart contracts. If the website were to disappear, the data in the NFT would stay inside the smart contracts that reside in the Tezos blockchain. The smart contract is used to set the rules for each NFT, like who the owner is, if it can be transferred, how much royalties go to the creator, etc. It enforces these rules whenever the NFT is sold or transferred.
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DeFi apps like QuipuSwap Youves (referral link), SpicySwap and Plenty are another kind a smart contract.
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