A security researcher who goes by 0xflorent worked with the team behind a 2016 Ethereum ICO contract to unlock about $2 million in ether (ETH) that had sat trapped for nine years, in a coordinated ...

A whitehat developer helped return funds from HongCoin's failed 2016 token sale after a bug left investor refunds frozen for ...

Abstract: Blockchain’s inherent immutability, while transformative, creates critical security risks in smart contracts, where undetected vulnerabilities can result in irreversible financial losses.

CORRECTION (May 27, 3:51 pm ET): Corrects headline and story throughout to say Manuel Aráoz is a former CTO and co-founder of OpenZeppelin who departed in 2019. An earlier version of the article ...