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devcon 2 / smart contract security

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Smart Contract Security

Duration: 00:12:04

Speaker: Christoph Jentzsch

Type: Talk

Expertise: Intermediate

Event: Devcon

Date: Invalid Date

After a quick overview of smart contract failures in the past, a list of important takeaways will be covered. Some coding techniques to prevent unexpected behaviour in smart contracts will be covered as well as some remarks about governance in decentralized systems.

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