Blockchain Simplified - Week 16,2023
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News
Upcoming Events
The Science of Blockchain Conference, August 28–30, 2023
Duke Blockchain Battle, August 30, 2023
CryptoCastle Universe, August 31, 2023
Trending Hacks
On August 18, 2023, Exactly Protocol lost over $12M, exploit via unchecked input data.
On August 19, 2023, Harbor Protocol Exploit Depletes Vaults, Loses Assets Worth $20K.
On August 22, 2023, Balancer Implements Emergency Measures for Critical Vulnerability in V2 Pools, Urges Immediate LP Withdrawals
Learning Resources
Initializing, Proxy, Oracles & Multi-Chain by officer_cia
ERC20 Integration Tips by officer_cia
CREATE2 & Deployment Boost L2 Adoption by MidvelCorp
Security review intake form by bytes032
What do you ask developers? by tinchoabbate
ALL Web3 Research tools by Defi_Warhol
Enhance On-Chain Analysis - 22 Tools by stacy_muur
Recreating Past Exploits using Foundry by cryptostaker22
What is Cantina? by RealJohnnyTime
Hacking the Blockchain: The Ultimate Guide by 0xsomnus
Reverse-engineered friend tech's backend by 0xCygaar
Top 5 duplicated issues of competitive audits by PatrickAlphaC
Applied Elliptic Curve Cryptography by patrickd_de
Root Cause Analysis Part 2 of Past DeFi Incidents by 1nf0s3cpt
The Hedgey V2 Smart Contracts by goforlindsey
Practice Challenges
Metatoken CTF by Quillaudits
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