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The bugs found in smart contracts equal large sums of money right away unlike 0-days in OSes or other systems where the link is much more indirect. For example,
by rawtxapp 5y ago
The bugs found in smart contracts equal large sums of money right away unlike 0-days in OSes or other systems where the link is much more indirect. For example, if you find a 0-day on Windows, sure you might sell it for 7-8 figures on the black market, if you found a bug on maker (or any of the big contracts), you could walk away with billions of dollars in a practically untraceable way.
- doesnotexist 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_zero-day_exploits#Marketplace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_zero-day_exploits#M... The wikipedia entry on this is a bit misleading or misinformed. As there are multiple above ground buyers for 0-days that have no interest in making it difficult for people to sell to them.
- reidjs 5y agoThere's still a middle-man to deal with in that process. In this case, you extract a decent amount of 'money' directly. Would you rather win $100 and have to make a phone call to claim it, or find a $100 bill on the street?