Building Games with Ethereum Smart Contracts: Intermediate Projects for Solidity Developers

© Kedar Iyer and Chris Dannen 2018

Kedar Iyer and Chris DannenBuilding Games with Ethereum Smart Contractshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3492-1_5

5. Contract Security

Kedar Iyer¹  and Chris Dannen¹

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

Strong security is the foundation of blockchain technology. Without it, blockchains offer no advantage over traditional software. This chapter, covers security best practices for Solidity. Security of the Ethereum blockchain itself is covered in Chapter 6. Thousands of ether have been lost or hacked from smart contracts because of poorly written code. Following the best practices in this chapter will minimize the chances of that happening to your own contracts.

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This is the most complex chapter in the book. If you can work ...