Blockchain Simplified - Week 17,2023
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News
Upcoming Events
Korea Blockchain Week, September 4-10, 2023
Builder Nights, September 6, 2023
BlackSeaChain, September 7-8, 2023
Trending Hacks
On August 26, 2023, BitBrowser suffered a private key leak resulting in at least $410,000 in losses
On August 26, 2023, SVT tokens were exploited in a flash loan attack, attackers profited $400K.
On August 25, 2023, The Kroll & BlockFi Data breach exposed claimant information; FTX froze affected accounts as a precaution.
Learning Resources
QR Code: An Underestimated Danger by officer_cia
Community-Driven Security: Wisdom in Crowds by RayXiao11
Web3: Prioritize Asset Security by 0xOhm_eth
Double Payment for Bug Discovery 🐛 by HollaWaldfee100
How Tornado Cash Works, Line-by-Line Explanation by Jeyffre
ERC-4337 Account Abstraction Mechanism by 0x_serial_coder
eBTC: Year of Robust Security by eBTCprotocol
Making crypto-to-fiat conversion smooth by RealJohnnyTime
Addison's Whitehat write-up Takeaways by PatrickAlphaC
Smart Contract Attack Vectors by harendrashakya_
Smart Contract Auditor Tools and Techniques by shanzson
Heimdall: Advanced bytecode analysis toolkit by BeckerrJon
Practice Challenges
MetaTrust CTF Warm-up by MetaTrustLabs
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