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Ethereum Smart Contract Source Code Review

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 Introduction  As Crypto currency technologies are becoming more and more prevalent, as the time is passing by, and banks will soon start adopting them. Ethereum blockchain and other complex blockchain programs are relatively new and highly experimental. Therefore, we should expect constant changes in the security landscape, as new bugs and security risks are discovered, and new best practices are developed [1].This article is going to discuss how to perform a source code review in Ethereum Smart Contracts (SCs) and what to look for. More specifically we are going to focus in specific keywords and how to analyse them.  The points analysed are going to be: User supplied input filtering, when interacting directly with SC Interfacing with external SCs Interfacing with DApp applications SC formal verification Wallet authentication in DApp SC Programming Mindset When designing an SC ecosystem (a group of SCs, constitutes an ecosystem) is it wise to have some specific concepts ...

Elusive Thoughts celebrates 9 years of blogging about hacking

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  Elusive Thoughts celebrates 9 years of blogging about hacking  Elusive Thoughts just created its first  non-fungible token (NFT), a digital file whose unique identity and ownership are verified on a blockchain (a digital ledger).  There is a hidden secret in my NFT, please find it. Buy my NFT at  rarible.com