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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter
Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.
Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)
By Steven Walbroehl
Apr 24, 2024 at 4:57 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
OpinionAvi eisenbergMango MarketsDeFiBug bountiesExploitsSecurity
Artistic rendering of the GitHub page where the Cosmos "reentrancy vulnerability" was described. (GitHub)
Technology
Security
Patched Cosmos Bug Could've Put $150M At Risk, Says Firm That Reported It
The reentrancy bug was discovered by Asymmetric Research, a core contributor to the Wormhole interoperability protocol.
Artistic rendering of the GitHub page where the Cosmos "reentrancy vulnerability" was described. (GitHub)
By Sam Kessler
Apr 23, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2024
SecurityVulnerabilitiesCosmosInterchain FoundationIbcOsmosis
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Finance
Eth
Ether Could Avoid Designation as a Security With Centralization Risk Easing, JPMorgan Says
Staking platform Lido’s share in staked ether has continued to fall, reducing concerns about concentration in the Ethereum network, the report said.
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By Will Canny
Apr 4, 2024 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
Apr 4, 2024
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Must Bitcoin ‘Drop Ideals’ of Decentralization to Achieve Mass Adoption?
Key management is crucial to crypto maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has become more difficult to maint...
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 3, 2024 at 5:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2024
OpinionBitcoinHalvingCultureDecentralizationPrivate KeysSecurityCertiK
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
How the Bitcoin Halving Could Affect Network Security
After the block reward drops to 3.125 bitcoins, miners could power down their less efficient machines.
a cleaver chops a lemon in half
By Meltem Erdem
Apr 2, 2024 at 1:46 p.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2024
OpinionTurkeyHalvingsBitcoinSecurity
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Finance
Opinion
Digital Assets Innovation Needs to Balance Decentralization and Security
The immaturity of security controls in DeFi is a challenge for institutional adoption. Here’s how to address that.
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By Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Mar 6, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. UTC
Mar 6, 2024
OpinionCrypto Long & ShortSecurityDecentralizationInstitutional Adoption
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Technology
Chainalysis
Crypto Money Laundering Dropped 30% Last Year, Chainalysis Says
Illicit addresses sent $22.2 billion in cryptocurrency to services in 2023, a decrease from $31.5 billion in 2022.
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By Sam Reynolds
Feb 15, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2024
ChainalysisSecurityMoney Laundering
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Technology
Security
As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians
The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge these nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by gradually removing them...
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 29, 2024
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DeFi hacks represented 2% of total value locked across decentralized protocols in 2023. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
DeFi Has a Risk Problem and It’s Time to Solve It
While the total losses from exploits fell to $1 billion from $54 billion the year prior, this is still an unacceptable threat to users, Haven1's Jeff Owens writes for Crypto 2...
DeFi hacks represented 2% of total value locked across decentralized protocols in 2023. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Jeff Owens
Dec 20, 2023 at 3:31 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2023
OpinionDeFiHacksExploitsSecuritysmart contracts
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Policy
Regulations
TRM Labs Partners With Aussie Crypto Exchange Swyftx to Combat Scams
The program will trial an apparent global first in which Aussie crypto users who activate two-factor authentication on their cryptocurrency accounts will be paid AUD $10 worth...
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By Amitoj Singh
Nov 28, 2023 at 6:45 a.m. UTC
Nov 28, 2023
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