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Smart Contract Security

Practice of finding and preventing vulnerabilities in smart contracts, including audits, access control, admin-key design, and exploit response.

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buildOne report1 publisher

A one-wei deposit let an attacker withdraw 14,838 DAI from a Polygon Uniswap V4 vault

An attacker with one share unit withdrew about 14,838 DAI from a Polygon Uniswap V4 vault on October 9, Panda Security found. The zero-liquidity fallback paid out the whole balance, so every fallback needs the main path's proportional-payout check.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap0
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence65
investConfirmed9 publishers

Jury convicts Uranium Finance hacker with $31 million of the $53.3 million take already seized

Manhattan federal jurors convicted Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering over the $53.3 million Uranium Finance exploit of 2021. Where the roughly $31 million in crypto seized in February 2025 ends up now turns on restitution and forfeiture rulings still to come.

Perspective Coverage

10 publishers
Builder
Builder 30%
Operator
Operator 42%
Investor
Investor 28%

Reality

Evidence85
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives40
Confidence78
buildOne report1 publisher

A firmness check built on EXTCODESIZE(owner) is forgeable, and six live contracts prove it

According to a developer's write-up, six contracts satisfy the EXTCODESIZE(owner) > 0 firmness check on an on-chain order book and still pull their depth, each run as a real testnet transaction.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives40
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Kyber's DTSP defence is a website disclaimer and a two-word distinction

Kyber Network Pte. Ltd. has been a Singapore company since 2017 but says it is not operated from Singapore. After 30 June, that sentence has to hold up against a licensing regime.

Reality

Evidence30
Adoption34
Hype gap+34
Incentives72
Confidence28
investOne report1 publisher

A code review just made HKMA stablecoin compliance an on-chain question

Analyst Yajin Zhou's team says the KYC and revocation controls in Anchorpoint's live HKDAP contract do not work as coded. The contract is verified on Etherscan, so anyone can check.

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption28
Hype gap+18
Incentives58
Confidence40