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oot2k - 5 May 2026

Fully Autonomous End to End Exploitation of a Privacy Protocol Using AI and Glider

The following article demonstrates how researchers at SC Audit Studio managed to fully autonomously exploit a smart contract vulnerability using LLMs and Glider, that would have allowed a complete compromise of a privacy protocol...

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SecurityGliderZK

oot2k - 14 Apr 2026

Common Vulnerabilities in Daml Smart Contracts

A deep-dive into Daml-specific security pitfalls drawn directly from the language specification, official documentation, and real patterns found in open-source Daml codebases, with vulnerable code, exploits, and fixes...

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DamlSmart ContractsSecurity

oot2k - 14 Apr 2026

SCAS Liquidity Provider Program

At a time when markets feel less predictable and confidence in DeFi is at all-time lows, The need for dependable infrastructure has never been more apparent...

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AnnouncementSecurityLP

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

How AI and Formal Verification can Revolutionize Smart Contract Security

The decentralized finance world has a fundamental problem: once code is deployed to the blockchain, it's permanent...

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AISecurityFormal-Verification

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

Setting Up a Canton Network Validator Node: A Complete Guide

A step-by-step walkthrough covering everything from prerequisites and network sponsorship, to Docker Compose deployment, authentication, and post-launch health checks everything you need to go from zero to a live Canton validator...

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CantonValidatorDaml

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

DeFi's Vault Curation Revolution

The decentralized finance landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation that mirrors the unbundling of traditional banking...

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Vault-CurationDeFiSecurity

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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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AIDevelopmentEthereum

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

A developer's guide from transition of EVM to Canton

If you have spent any real time in the EVM ecosystem, you have developed a mental model for how blockchains work: there is one shared ledger, every node replays every transaction, smart contracts live at addresses anyone can call, and privacy is an afterthought solved by ZK proofs bolted on later...

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CantonDamlBlockchain

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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...

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DevelopmentStakingEthereum

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

How to Integrate EIP-7702: Empowering EOAs with Smart Account Features

Ethereum’s traditional model uses Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) that are simple...

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DevelopmentEthereumEIP

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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...

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SecurityAuditDevelopment

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

What Happens to $45M of Morpho Debt When ETH Falls 20%?

Recent market volatility (February 2026 saw ETH drop ~20% in days) reminds us that liquidation risk isn't theoretical, it's imminent...

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Vault-CurationSecurityMorpho

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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...

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SecurityOpSecGovernance

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

Resolv Exploit: A Vault Curation Disaster

A deep-dive into the Resolv Labs USR exploit, how a single compromised key, missing on-chain guards, and miscalculated vault share prices combined to extract $25M from a $500M+ protocol...

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SecurityExploitStablecoin

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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...

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DevelopmentStakingEthereum

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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...

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SecurityGovernanceOpSec

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

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...

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AISecurityStablecoins

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

**Post-Mortem on Venture Capital Failures In Web 3**

The venture capital landscape for Web3 presents a profound paradox...

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Web3ResearchDeFi

ihtisham sudo - 13 Apr 2026

Launching a Token on Canton Network: A Beginner's Guide

A walkthrough covering how to think about token contracts in Daml, how to structure your files, write your first token, test it locally, and upload it to Canton, no blockchain experience required...

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CantonDamlToken

ihtisham sudo - 5 Mar 2026

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...

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SecurityAuditResearch

oot2k - 3 Mar 2026

How to Build Yield-bearing Prediction Markets

Yield prediction markets, or yield-bearing prediction markets, are prediction markets that deposit the underlying collateral used to pay out bets into yield-generating strategies...

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SecurityDevelopmentPrediction