Coriolan Pinhas
Summary: Trail of Bits researcher Coriolan Pinhas published a March 24, 2026 post describing how dimensional analysis from physics can be applied to DeFi smart contracts to catch arithmetic and logic bugs by keeping formulas consistent across tokens, prices, and liquidity calculations. The post shows that explicit dimensional annotations in code comments, as used in Reserve Protocol, can prevent vulnerabilities and improve auditability.
Key Takeaway: The same author reports identifying six recurring vulnerability patterns after auditing dozens of ERC-4337 smart accounts, so the arithmetic and logic errors dimensional analysis is meant to catch are the kind that survive repeated review.
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