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2 days ago

Blockchain Developer | How to learn everything you need to become one

You can learn everything you need about solidity, smart contract development, and becoming a blockchain developer with Patrick Collins’ latest course. — For the past three years, every year, I’ve made an end-to-end data dump, passion project, web3 education course of what I think the minimum knowledge a blockchain engineer needs to have to be. And we did it again this year, using the Foundry framework, and we are just getting started.

Solidity

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Blockchain Developer | How to learn everything you need to become one
Blockchain Developer | How to learn everything you need to become one
Solidity

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May 7

Top 10 Smart Contract & Solidity Developer Learning Resources

Learn to become a blockchain developer with these 10 (14) blockchain developer learning courses. — Learning to become a Smart Contract and Blockchain Developer can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! Set aside some time each week, and get cracking on any of the tutorials and content below. Don’t be afraid to ask a ton of questions, and don’t feel imposter syndrome! …

Solidity

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Top 10 Smart Contract & Solidity Developer Learning Resources
Top 10 Smart Contract & Solidity Developer Learning Resources
Solidity

7 min read


Apr 25

Formal Verification & Symbolic Execution | The Security Silver Bullet?

We look at formal verification & symbolic execution with two Trail of Bits Web3 security team members. Additionally, we review the value these techniques bring and compare them to other tools. — A huge thank you to Trail of Bits Troy & Josselin for taking the time on this interview. Additionally, special thanks to Hari, Runtime Verification, Leo Alt, and Palina for their help in understanding these concepts and work in the field.

Formal Verification

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Formal Verification & Symbolic Execution | The Security Silver Bullet?
Formal Verification & Symbolic Execution | The Security Silver Bullet?
Formal Verification

10 min read


Apr 13

Fuzz / Invariant Tests | The New Bare Minimum For Smart Contract Security

What is fuzz testing? What are invariant tests? We introduce how to use these tools in Web3 & Solidity and explain why they are essential, especially for security. Every project should have stateful fuzz tests moving forward, and auditors can use understanding invariants to find critical bugs before code is deployed. — Shout-out to Trail of Bits and Horsefacts for all the fuzzing content. Introduction

Fuzz Testing

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Fuzz / Invariant Tests | The New Bare Minimum For Smart Contract Security
Fuzz / Invariant Tests | The New Bare Minimum For Smart Contract Security
Fuzz Testing

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Smart Contract Audit | What it is, and what to expect

A smart contract audit is a time-boxed security-based code review on your smart contract/web3 system. An auditor’s goal is to find as many vulnerabilities as possible and educate the client on ways to improve the security of their codebase moving forward. — What is a Smart Contract Audit? A smart contract audit is a time-boxed security-based code review on your smart contract/web3 system. An auditor’s goal is to find as many vulnerabilities as possible and educate the client on ways to improve the security of their codebase moving forward.

Smart Contract Audit

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Smart Contract Audit | What it is, and what to expect
Smart Contract Audit | What it is, and what to expect
Smart Contract Audit

6 min read


Apr 7

Top 7 Smart Contract Auditors

We look across the industry at the top smart contract auditors in Web3. Smart contract audits are the lifeblood of the Web3 security space and are crucial to ensuring we stay safe. — I am a co-founder and security researcher from Cyfrin, where we do smart contract audits. This is my opinionated take on top smart contract audit firms along with Cyfrin. The only way Web3 scales is if we increase our security, so I want to ensure that other top firms get…

Smart Contract Audit

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Top 7 Smart Contract Auditors
Top 7 Smart Contract Auditors
Smart Contract Audit

10 min read


Mar 20

“Damn Vulnerable DeFi” Creator Teaches You How To Audit

We meet up with Tincho, Damn Vulnerable DeFi creator and previous Openzeppelin lead auditor, on what his exact audit process looks like end-to-end. We do a mock audit of ENS to show you how to do it. — We had the pleasure of interviewing Tincho on his exact audit process he uses to make web3 more secure. You can watch the summary video here: Additionally, if you’d like to watch the full interview, you can find that on my YouTube as well.

Web3

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“Damn Vulnerable DeFi” Creator Teaches You How To Audit
“Damn Vulnerable DeFi” Creator Teaches You How To Audit
Web3

6 min read


Feb 19

Safe | Lily Pad Look

We look at Safe/Gnosis Safe, the most popular programmable smart contract / multi-sig wallet. How to get started, its main uses, and why people should use multi-sig wallets. — You can also read this on Mirror. Safe: A term that should instantly notify you that the crypto project it’s associated with is bullshit. Except in the case when it’s preceded by the word Gnosis. Gnosis Safe, or as they’re now…

Gnosis Safe

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CreSafe | Lily Pad Look
CreSafe | Lily Pad Look
Gnosis Safe

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Feb 8

Filecoin | As an Engineer

We go over Filecoin from a developer's perspective. We talk about some of the superpowers Filecoin has, take a look at the ecosystem, and clear up some confusion about the relationship with IPFS. — You can also watch our video on it here: Introduction Filecoin is a decentralized storage solution with contract-based data persistence. And just dropped an absolute bomb of a release by adding smart contract functionality.

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Filecoin | As an Engineer
Filecoin | As an Engineer

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Jan 18

Top 6 Web3 Dev Tooling for 2023

We take a look at all your favorite tools, foundry, hardhat, truffle, brownie, solidity, vyper, huff, and more and go over what to expect from your web3 developer tooling for the new year. — Over the past two years, I’ve done a video like this at the beginning of every year, and this year’s no different. 2022 is linked here, and 2021 is here. And due to FTX, Terra, and all the other nonsense that happened…

Solidity

8 min read

Top 6 Web3 Dev Tooling for 2023
Top 6 Web3 Dev Tooling for 2023
Solidity

8 min read

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