Paper 2015/460 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2015/460 ↗

Step by Step Towards Creating a Safe Smart Contract: Lessons and Insights from a Cryptocurrency Lab

Kevin Delmolino
Mitchell Arnett
Ahmed Kosba
Andrew Miller
Elaine Shi
Abstract

This paper describes a smart contract programming lab conducted in our undergraduate security class at the University of Maryland. Through our experiences, we have gained various insights on why it is difficult to create a safe smart contract. This lab also led to new insights for cybersecurity education.

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Preprint.
History
2015-11-18: last updated
2015-05-14: published
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2015/460
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2015/460,
      author = {Kevin Delmolino and Mitchell Arnett and Ahmed Kosba and Andrew Miller and Elaine Shi},
      title = {Step by Step Towards Creating a Safe Smart Contract: Lessons and Insights from a Cryptocurrency Lab},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2015/460},
      year = {2015},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/460}
}
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