# Smart contract use cases

**Published by:** [nkshili](https://paragraph.com/@nkshili/)
**Published on:** 2022-05-08
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@nkshili/smart-contract-use-cases

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So, smart contracts are computer programs that live on the blockchain. They can execute automatically. You can track their transactions, predict how they act and even use them pseudonymously. That's cool. But what are they good for? Well, smart contracts can do essentially anything that other computer programs do. They can perform computations, create currency, store data, mint NFTs, send communications and even generate graphics.

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