Talk

Ethereum : Taking Control of Smart Contracts

conf 2019-11-07 10:10 – 11:00 TR2 FR

Ethereum : Taking Control of Smart Contracts

Ethereum is a widely spread cryptocurrency, dealing with hundreds of millions USD worth ethers per day, and often used in decentralized application context. The recent hard fork, named Constantinople, introduced the new controversial create2 opcode to the EVM specification. In this talk, I'll show how this opcode can be dangerous with a concrete attack scenario, and how users can defend themselves against it.