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Maturing your smart contracts beyond private key risk
Private key compromise accounted for 43.8% of crypto hacks in 2024, yet traditional smart contract audits rarely address architectural access control weaknesses. This post introduces a four-level maturity framework for designing protocols that can tolerate key compromise, progressing from single EOA control to radical immutability, with practical examples demonstrating multisigs, timelocks, and the principle of least privilege.
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Maturing your smart contracts beyond private key risk
Private key compromise accounted for 43.8% of crypto hacks in 2024, yet traditional smart contract audits rarely address architectural access control weaknesses. This post introduces a four-level maturity framework for designing protocols that can tolerate key compromise, progressing from single EOA control to radical immutability, with practical examples demonstrating multisigs, timelocks, and the principle of least privilege.
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Maturing your smart contracts beyond private key risk
Private key compromise accounted for 43.8% of crypto hacks in 2024, yet traditional smart contract audits rarely address architectural access control weaknesses. This post introduces a four-level maturity framework for designing protocols that can tolerate key compromise, progressing from single EOA control to radical immutability, with practical examples demonstrating multisigs, timelocks, and the principle of least privilege.
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