Smart contract exploits are security breaches that occur when vulnerabilities in the code of a smart contract are leveraged by malicious actors. These exploits can lead to the unauthorized transfer of digital assets, disruption of service, or other detrimental outcomes. They represent a significant risk within the decentralized application ecosystem.
Context
The current focus in smart contract exploits is on sophisticated reentrancy attacks, integer overflow/underflow vulnerabilities, and economic exploits targeting DeFi protocols. The rapid pace of smart contract development often outpaces thorough security auditing. Future developments will likely involve greater reliance on formal verification methods, advanced static and dynamic analysis tools, and improved post-deployment monitoring for anomalous contract behavior.
This research establishes a formal, abstract model for Maximal Extractable Value, providing the foundational theory necessary for provably secure blockchain designs.
This research establishes a rigorous, abstract model for Maximal Extractable Value, enabling provable security against economic attacks on decentralized protocols.
This research systematically categorizes blockchain attack vectors across five infrastructure layers, offering a foundational framework to understand and mitigate evolving cryptocurrency threats.
This research establishes a rigorous theoretical framework for Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), enabling systematic analysis and the development of provably secure blockchain protocols.
This research establishes a formal theory of Maximal Extractable Value, providing a foundational model for analyzing and proving blockchain security against economic attacks.
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