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Meet the Authors: Ed Zulkoski

Ed holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. His research there was primarily in SAT/SMT solvers and formal verification technologies, with a focus on understanding what makes SAT formulas hard or easy for solvers. Before joining Quantstamp, he worked at Microsoft Research.

May 29, 2019
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What is a Smart Contract Audit?

Blockchain technology is promising to revolutionize entire industries, but hacks and exploits of popular blockchain applications threaten to undermine it before it even takes off. Isn’t blockchain supposed to be secure? It’s not that simple.

May 23, 2019
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Meet the Authors: Kacper Bąk

Kacper holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo for his work on modeling and analysis of software product lines. Before coming to Quantstamp, he worked at MathWorks (maker of MATLAB), Opera, and Samsung.

May 23, 2019
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Quantstamp Audits Lockdrop for Polkadot’s First Smart Contract Platform: Edgeware

Quantstamp recently audited Edgeware's lockdrop contract. Edgware is the first smart contract platform which plans to integrate with Polkadot, a blockchain interoperability platform. Built as a parachain of Polkadot, Edgeware is a WebAssembly (Wasm) runtime, high-performance, self-upgrading smart contract platform with on-chain governance. As an infrastructure project, Edgeware aims to address many of the shortcomings facing blockchain technology, including governance hurdles, developer accessibility, and token distribution challenges.

May 21, 2019
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Meet the Authors: Jan Gorzny

Jan is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include complexity theory, software verification and formal methods, discrete mathematics, and blockchain technologies. At Quantstamp, his role is to keep up with emerging technologies, assist in protocol design, and develop ideas with the engineering team.

May 15, 2019
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Meet the Authors: Olga Mack

Olga V. Mack is a strategist, nationally-recognized author, public speaker, and women’s advocate. As VP of Strategy at Quantstamp, her role is focused on moving the company towards its mission to achieve broader adoption of blockchain technology through smart contract security.

May 8, 2019
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Quantstamp Audits Nuo Network

Quantstamp recently audited Nuo Network, a debt marketplace that connects lenders and borrowers from around the world using smart contracts.

April 17, 2019
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Presenting Quantstamp’s ETHDenver Beacon Chain Simulator

This year, members of the Quantstamp team and some of our friends participated in the ETHDenver Hackathon. Our CEO Richard Ma, Poming Lee (myself), Nathan Frenette and Derek Alia entered the hackathon as “Beacon Thugs and Harmony” and hacked away at an implementation of the ETH 2.0 Beacon Chain.

April 10, 2019
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Quantstamp Wins First Place at Smart Dubai Global Blockchain Challenge

Quantstamp, a Y Combinator-backed blockchain security company, won first place at the Smart Dubai Global Blockchain Challenge 2019.

April 9, 2019
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Refi: An Intro

Refi: An Intro

If you’ve been around the web3 space for a while, you’ve probably heard the term “ReFi,” thrown around, but what does it mean?

Quantstamp Announcements
February 7, 2023
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Quantstamp Launches Security Platform for Select Founding Partners

Quantstamp Launches Security Platform for Select Founding Partners

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December 13, 2022
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Rollup Escape Hatches

Rollup Escape Hatches

After years of effort, rollups are becoming mainstream components of the Ethereum ecosystem. An escape hatch is a method to recover digital assets or program state from a rollup when sequencers or validators are offline, a critical security feature if something goes wrong, and crucial given the complexity of these systems.

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October 25, 2022
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The Merge Results And The Future of Ethereum

The Merge Results And The Future of Ethereum

Results of the merge and how it impacts ETH issuance, and details on future Ethereum upgrades and Ethereum's final form.

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September 14, 2022
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Preventing Replay Attacks Post Ethereum Merge

Preventing Replay Attacks Post Ethereum Merge

Learn more about replay attacks and how users interacting with both PoW and PoS chains can stay safe following the merge.

Quantstamp Labs
September 12, 2022
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Chainproof Launches as the World's First Regulated Smart Contract Insurance Provider

Chainproof Launches as the World's First Regulated Smart Contract Insurance Provider

Incubated by Quantstamp and backed by Sompo and reinsured by MunichRe, Chainproof offers regulated insurance against hacks for non-custodial smart contracts on a public decentralized blockchain.

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July 5, 2022