Inside EthCC[8]: Becoming a smart contract auditor
Summary: At EthCC[8] in Cannes, Trail of Bits blockchain security engineer Nicolas Donboly outlined a path to becoming a smart contract auditor built on four disciplines: programming fundamentals, blockchain technology, Web3 security, and continuous practice. He said Web3 security is "frankly broken," argued the stakes exceed Web2 because hacks cause direct financial loss, and cited the $611M Ronin bridge hack from 2021 as an example of nation-state-level attackers.
What's compelling: The $611M Ronin bridge loss shows what a single Web3 failure costs, and Donboly attributes that scale of attack to sophisticated, nation-state-level actors - the defenders he says the ecosystem now needs in rising numbers.
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