I think smart contracts are here to stay. However, I'd instead check out Cardano's (ADA) Plutus platform [0]. It's a subset of Haskell as I understand it. They

I think smart contracts are here to stay. However, I'd instead check out Cardano's (ADA) Plutus platform [0]. It's a subset of Haskell as I understand it. They have a online playground to simulate contracts [1]. Cardano also has a ERC-20 converter [2], so expect a lot of projects to also move to Cardano (given the much lower fees and higher throughput) when smart contracts are released in August/September. 0. https://docs.cardano.org/projects/plutus/en/latest/plutus/explanations/index.html https://docs.cardano.org/projects/plutus/en/latest/plutus/ex... 1. https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/ https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/ 2. https://cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-erc-20-converter-nears-testnet-phase https://cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-erc-20-converter-near...