Posts from June 2016

Ethereum's DAO Wars Soft Fork is a Potential DoS Vector

ethereum dao June 28, 2016 at 09:22 AM Tjaden Hess, River Keefer, and Emin Gün Sirer
We identify a DoS vulnerability with Ethereum's proposed soft-fork for The DAO, and urge the community to be prepared for attacks, and to speed up the timetable for resolving the hard fork decision.

Smart-Contract Escape Hatches: The Dao of The DAO

ethereum dao contracts law June 23, 2016 at 10:11 AM Bill Marino
IC3's resident lawyer-techie discusses why smart contracts need escape hatches and how to implement them.

Analysis of the DAO exploit

ethereum dao June 18, 2016 at 01:11 AM Phil Daian
This post describes how the hacker who took $50+M from The DAO did it.

Thoughts on The DAO Hack

dao ethereum June 17, 2016 at 09:45 AM Emin Gün Sirer
The DAO was just hacked and a few million ether is missing. Here are my quick thoughts on what this means and where we go from here.

Scanning Live Ethereum Contracts for the "Unchecked-Send" Bug

ethereum etherscrape bug-finding June 16, 2016 at 01:15 PM Zikai Alex Wen and Andrew Miller
In this post, we examine just how prevalent the recently discovered "unchecked-send" bug is in real, live, deployed Ethereum contracts, with the aid of an automated analysis tool we have developed.

Caution: The DAO Can Turn Into a Naturally-Arising Ponzi

dao ethereum ponzi June 13, 2016 at 09:15 AM Emin Gün Sirer
The DAO is under pressure to turn itself into a Ponzi. I explain the "natural-born Ponzi" mechanisms, and call for the community to be on guard for such proposals.