I'm very excited🥳to write about the 3rd session of #BRBBootcamp! Recently, I became part of an amazing web3 bootcamp, known as BRB Bootcamp. Want to know more about this boot camp? Check out this⤵️

The third session is about Advanced Solidity. Under the amazing moderation of moderator, Pranshu Rastogi (Head of Ecosystem & Integration, Push Protocol) & Sumith Prabhu (Developer – Ecosystem & Growth, Push Protocol) the session was taken by Zaryab.

The session covered Advanced Solidity, Smart Contract Design Patterns & some tools for Smart Contract Auditing like Foundry. I have written entries explaining Remix IDE, which is crucial for solidity programming & best techniques to optimize gas in EVM-based Smart Contracts:

Using knowledge of both the 2nd & 3rd session, I created a ERC-20 Token named BRBBT deployed on Sepolia Testnet.

• Token Name: BRB Bootcamp Token (BRBBT)

• Token Symbol: BRBBT

• Total Supply: 7777

• Token Contract: 0xdaefc38a5f4eb642016225f747f5b36ab3f2a4e0

The session also provides insights on famous types of smart contract hacks & their reason. I have prepared a thread explaining two of the famous types of Smart Contract Hacks.

Read the thread: famous web3 hack

Some Best Practices for Secure Smart Contract Development:

👨‍💻Secure Coding Practices: The Foundation of Defence

Ensure robust input validation by sanitizing and validating all external data. Implement stringent access control mechanisms with modifiers to restrict sensitive functions to authorized entities. Handle errors effectively using require, assert, or revert statements to avoid unintended execution paths.

🛠️ Testing Your Defences: Don't Deploy Without It

Conduct unit testing to verify individual functions and components. Use integration testing to check interactions within your contract and with external contracts. Employ security-focused testing techniques like fuzzing and property-based testing to uncover edge cases and vulnerabilities.

⚙️ Audits: An Extra Layer of Scrutiny

Engage reputable security auditors to identify vulnerabilities that might be overlooked during internal reviews.

🌎 Community as a Shield: Embracing Transparency and Collaboration

Encourage bug bounties to incentivize security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities. Open-source your code to allow community scrutiny and identification of potential issues.

📚 The Ever-Evolving Battleground: Staying Ahead of the Curve

Recognize that smart contract security is an ongoing process due to the constantly evolving threat landscape. Stay updated with the latest security best practices, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies. Engage with the blockchain community through forums and conferences, and monitor your deployed contracts for suspicious activities with response plans ready for swift incident management.

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