Auditing With A Wizard

What Did I Miss from the Titles Publishing Protocol Contest?  The Titles Publishing audit competition on Sherlock has wrapped up, and it's time to review the results to see what I missed. I submitted four findings, three of which were validated, resulting in one High and two Medium findings, earning me a modest $5. This contest had an unprecedented number of duplicates, a testament to how we are all getting sharper at spotting issues.

Who Is The Audit Wizard?

In the vibrant and ever-evolving landscape of Web3 and decentralized technologies, the pulse of innovation is often measured in the cadence of hackathons. These events, frenetic crucibles of creativity, challenge, and collaboration, serve as a proving ground for the brightest minds in the tech world. I had the privilege of diving headlong into this maelstrom, and what follows is a chronicle of that adventure, from the spark of conception to the aftermath of execution.

Exactly Protocol Hack

Cross-Function Reentrancy

Single-Function Reentrancy Vulnerabilities

Who runs the Web3 world? Smart contracts. Controllers of decentralized finance (DeFi), they are revolutionizing the way we interact with digital assets and enabling decentralized governance. Despite handling assets worth millions to billions of dollars every day, smart contracts — despite their "smart" label — can be quite dumb. That's why, for the future of Web3 and blockchain-based applications, smart contracts must be written securely! We must protect our users against hacks, rug pulls, and dumb code.