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by discovan 7y ago
I tried to avoid being so categorical. However, this is the conclusion I have come to so far)
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You Do Not Need Blockchain: Eight Popular Use Cases and Why They Do Not Work(forkast.news)
7 points by discovan 7y ago|2 comments
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by discovan 7y ago
The thing is, auditors already use security tools as part of the audit, so do developers. Now they will have a possibility to do it much easier. Besides, when you have the tool that integrates with other developer tools, you can embed it in
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by discovan 7y ago
Wow, thanks for the great question. The thing is, the tool can also scan bytecode for some platformes, which includes Android and iOS. It's kinda spoiler, I saved this info for the next article)
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SmartDec Scanner Blockchain Edition: Security Meets Usability(blog.smartdec.net)
10 points by discovan 7y ago|2 comments
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by discovan 7y ago
Frankly speaking, I cannot say it is necessety. We were trying to find a way to utilize the technology for the hacathon so that it will bring value. And yes, it did consume a lot of time. First we wanted to use ZoKrates to generate Rust cod
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Trustless Off-Chain ZK-Proof Verification OrHowWeWon Decentralized Web Hackathon(blog.smartdec.net)
7 points by discovan 7y ago|2 comments
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How to Define Smart Contract Address Before the Deploy Using CREATE2 Opcode(blog.smartdec.net)
7 points by discovan 7y ago|2 comments
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by discovan 7y ago
Yes, that kind of instrument (with crypto under the hood) would not be perfect or "pure". However, people use cash or banks, which are perfect neither, and benefit from it. Anyway, we should better try to build it than try to gues
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Blockchain Under the Hood: The Only Way to Adoption(blog.smartdec.net)
8 points by discovan 7y ago|2 comments
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SmartDec ERC20 Test Suite: Towards Decentralized Security(blog.smartdec.net)
5 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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by discovan 8y ago
The question is: does it make using blockchain pointless? I don't have the answer. The thing is, the only working blockchain use case - money - does not operate with real-world (non-reliable) data.
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by discovan 8y ago
That's right! "Even though blockchain does not allow for modification of data, it cannot ensure such data is correct. The only exception is on-chain transactions, when the system does not need the real world, with all necessary in
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by discovan 8y ago
I agree! I don't consider audit use case here(mostly not to make the article too big, saving this example for further reasearch and publications), as well as many other "reducing trust" use cases. Do you have any example of s
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by discovan 8y ago
Thank you so much for such a detailed comment! I agree about your first point: acknowledging only trust elimination and denying trust minimization is a simplification from my side. However, I have not seen successfull examples of "trus
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by discovan 8y ago
Actually, I come to a similar conclusion in the article) Just trying to be less categorical and give them a chance)
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You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why They Do Not Work(blog.smartdec.net)
515 points by discovan 8y ago|392 comments
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Constantinople Hard Fork Makes Us Rethink What Reentrancy Is(blog.smartdec.net)
8 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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The Dark Side of Zero Knowledge: Masking the initial setup in Zk-SNARK(blog.smartdec.net)
128 points by discovan 8y ago|26 comments
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The First Vyper Security Tool Is Now Open Source(blog.smartdec.net)
6 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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Bug vs. Vulnerability: Know Both Your Enemies(blog.smartdec.net)
4 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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Smart Contract Vulnerability Classification(blog.smartdec.net)
3 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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SmartCheck – the First Vyper Security Tool(blog.smartdec.net)
4 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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by discovan 8y ago
Trying to keep as hot as possible without misrepresenting the contents)
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Overpowered smart contract owner: decentralized totalitarianism(blog.smartdec.net)
7 points by discovan 8y ago|2 comments
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Is Smart Contract a Security Threat?(blog.smartdec.net)
5 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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How to deploy bound smart contracts(blog.smartdec.net)
5 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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SmartDec smart contract audit beginner’s guide(reddit.com)
2 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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Solidity 0.5.0 from auditor’s point of view(blog.smartdec.net)
4 points by discovan 8y ago|0 comments
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by discovan 8y ago
- to me they seem like a solution waiting for a problem I feel exactly the same. However, SC are a very interesting technology. I prefer to study it now, to be ready when the humanity is OK with electronic money (cryptocurrencies) and come

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