What are canisters and how do they differ from standard smart contracts?

[madtrader]

Canisters are ICP’s stateful compute units that combine code and memory. Unlike standard smart contracts, canisters can:

Store persistent data

Upgrade themselves autonomously

Communicate directly across subnets
They enable full-stack decentralized applications directly on-chain.

#ICP #Canisters #DecentralizedApps

[Nahid Hossen]

Canisters act like autonomous software units — more powerful than normal smart contracts. 🧱

[EmTeam]

Unlike EVM contracts, canisters can store and process data at web-scale.