ihtisham sudo - 7 Sep 2025
ERC-8004: Building a Trust Layer for Agent Collaboration on Ethereum
In a decentralized world where autonomous agents (AI, bots, dApps) must collaborate across organizational boundaries, trust becomes the missing link...
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ihtisham sudo - 28 Oct 2025
Pre-Audits: Maximizing the Value of Your Smart Contract Audit
A formal security audit is one of the most critical, high-stakes, and expensive milestones in a protocol's lifecycle...
ihtisham sudo - 9 Sep 2025
How to Integrate EIP-7002: Smart Contract-Controlled Staking Withdrawals
Ethereum’s staking withdrawals before Pectra were restrictive: This rigidity slowed down restaking adoption, added operational friction, and limited innovation in validator services...
ihtisham sudo - 7 Sep 2025
How to Integrate EIP-7702: Empowering EOAs with Smart Account Features
Ethereum’s traditional model uses Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) that are simple...
GitHub - 28 Oct 2025
OpSec Practices to not get "Rekt"
Web3 protocols don’t usually get “rekt” from Solidity math errors alone, they get rekt when governance powers, upgrade keys, or treasury controls are mismanaged...
ihtisham sudo - 7 Sep 2025
Staking Smarter with Pectra: Implementing EIP-7251 Validator Consolidation
Imagine merging multiple validator keys into one to save operational costs, reduce node overhead, and increase capital efficiency...
GitHub - 28 Oct 2025
Timelocks: Unlocking Safety or Locking in Risk During Major Protocol Upgrades
While timelocks are heralded as a critical security primitive in Web3, providing a crucial delay for community review and reaction before protocol changes take effect, they are not without their own set of risks, especially when it comes to major protocol upgrades...
GitHub - 17 Sep 2025
Vercle introduces x402-mcp: Risks of handling payments between MCP tools using stablecoins
AI agents are becoming more capable at handling complex tasks, but a challenge arises when they try to use paid external services...
GitHub - 4 Nov 2025
**Post-Mortem on Venture Capital Failures In Web 3**
The venture capital landscape for Web3 presents a profound paradox...
GitHub - 17 Sep 2025
Why Some Smart Contract Audits Are So Expensive (2025 Edition)
Audits are one of the biggest single line-items in a Web3 project’s budget...