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Decentralized cryptocurrencies feature the use of blockchain to transfer values among peers on networks without central agency. Smart contracts are programs running on top of the blockchain consensus protocol to enable people make…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-08-06 Bo Jiang , Ye Liu , W. K. Chan

With its unique advantages such as decentralization and immutability, blockchain technology has been widely used in various fields in recent years. The smart contract running on the blockchain is also playing an increasingly important role…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Mengjie Ding , Peiru Li , Shanshan Li , He Zhang

Billions of dollars are transacted through smart contracts, making vulnerabilities a major financial risk. One focus in the security arms race is on profitable vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. Fuzzing is a key method for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Ziqiao Kong , Cen Zhang , Maoyi Xie , Ming Hu , Yue Xue , Ye Liu , Haijun Wang , Yang Liu

As blockchain platforms grow exponentially, millions of lines of smart contract code are being deployed to manage extensive digital assets. However, vulnerabilities in this mission-critical code have led to significant exploitations and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Chaofan Shou , Jing Liu , Doudou Lu , Koushik Sen

Smart contract (SC) fuzzing is a critical technique for detecting vulnerabilities in blockchain applications. However, its adoption remains challenging for practitioners due to fundamental differences between SCs and traditional software…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Guanming Qiao , Partha Protim Paul

As blockchain smart contracts become more widespread and carry more valuable digital assets, they become an increasingly attractive target for attackers. Over the past few years, smart contracts have been subject to a plethora of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Peng Qian , Hanjie Wu , Zeren Du , Turan Vural , Dazhong Rong , Zheng Cao , Lun Zhang , Yanbin Wang , Jianhai Chen , Qinming He

Fuzzing is a widely used technique for detecting vulnerabilities in smart contracts, which generates transaction sequences to explore the execution paths of smart contracts. However, existing fuzzers are falling short in detecting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Jie Chen , Liangmin Wang

Smart contracts are Turing-complete programs that are executed across a blockchain. Unlike traditional programs, once deployed, they cannot be modified. As smart contracts carry more value, they become more of an exciting target for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Christof Ferreira Torres , Antonio Ken Iannillo , Arthur Gervais , Radu State

Smart contracts, the cornerstone of decentralized applications, have become increasingly prominent in revolutionizing the digital landscape. However, vulnerabilities in smart contracts pose great risks to user assets and undermine overall…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Ruichao Liang , Jing Chen , Cong Wu , Kun He , Yueming Wu , Ruochen Cao , Ruiying Du , Yang Liu , Ziming Zhao

EOSIO is one typical public blockchain platform. It is scalable in terms of transaction speeds and has a growing ecosystem supporting smart contracts and decentralized applications. However, the vulnerabilities within the EOSIO smart…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Yuhe Huang , Bo Jiang , W. K. Chan

Given the growing importance of smart contracts in various applications, ensuring their security and reliability is critical. Fuzzing, an effective vulnerability detection technique, has recently been widely applied to smart contracts.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Shuohan Wu , Zihao Li , Luyi Yan , Weimin Chen , Muhui Jiang , Chenxu Wang , Xiapu Luo , Hao Zhou

Smart contracts are fundamental pillars of the blockchain, playing a crucial role in facilitating various business transactions. However, these smart contracts are vulnerable to exploitable bugs that can lead to substantial monetary losses.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Xingshuang Lin , Qinge Xie , Binbin Zhao , Yuan Tian , Saman Zonouz , Na Ruan , Jiliang Li , Raheem Beyah , Shouling Ji

Smart contracts are increasingly being used to manage large numbers of high-value cryptocurrency accounts. There is a strong demand for automated, efficient, and comprehensive methods to detect security vulnerabilities in a given contract.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Michael Rodler , David Paaßen , Wenting Li , Lukas Bernhard , Thorsten Holz , Ghassan Karame , Lucas Davi

Smart contracts are Turing-complete programs that execute on the infrastructure of the blockchain, which often manage valuable digital assets. Solidity is one of the most popular programming languages for writing smart contracts on the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Tai D. Nguyen , Long H. Pham , Jun Sun , Yun Lin , Quang Tran Minh

Blockchain smart contracts have given rise to a variety of interesting and compelling applications and emerged as a revolutionary force for the Internet. Quite a few practitioners have devoted themselves to developing tools for detecting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Zhenguang Liu , Peng Qian , Jiaxu Yang , Lingfeng Liu , Xiaojun Xu , Qinming He , Xiaosong Zhang

Smart contract transactions are increasingly interleaved by cross-contract calls. While many tools have been developed to identify a common set of vulnerabilities, the cross-contract vulnerability is overlooked by existing tools.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Yinxing Xue , Jiaming Ye , Wei Zhang , Jun Sun , Lei Ma , Haijun Wang , Jianjun Zhao

We present Harvey, an industrial greybox fuzzer for smart contracts, which are programs managing accounts on a blockchain. Greybox fuzzing is a lightweight test-generation approach that effectively detects bugs and security vulnerabilities.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-05-17 Valentin Wüstholz , Maria Christakis

At present, millions of Ethereum smart contracts are created per year and attract financially motivated attackers. However, existing analyzers do not meet the need to precisely analyze the financial security of large numbers of contracts.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Wansen Wang , Wenchao Huang , Zhaoyi Meng , Yan Xiong , Fuyou Miao , Xianjin Fang , Caichang Tu , Renjie Ji

The rise of decentralized applications (dApps) has made smart contracts imperative components of blockchain technology. As many smart contracts process financial transactions, their security is paramount. Moreover, the immutability of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-24 Khalid Hassan , Saeed Moradi , Shaiful Chowdhury , Sara Rouhani

With the increase of the adoption of blockchain technology in providing decentralized solutions to various problems, smart contracts have become more popular to the point that billions of US Dollars are currently exchanged every day through…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Feng Mi , Chen Zhao , Zhuoyi Wang , Sadaf MD Halim , Xiaodi Li , Zhouxiang Wu , Latifur Khan , Bhavani Thuraisingham
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