The Quantstamp Blog

Quantstamp Announcements

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?

February 7, 2023
Read more
Quantstamp Announcements

Quantstamp Launches Security Platform for Select Founding Partners

December 13, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Labs

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.

October 25, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Announcements

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.

September 14, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Labs

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.

September 12, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Announcements

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.

July 5, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Labs

The Dark Side of DeFi: Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks

Cross-chain bridge hacks and some of the attack vectors that make bridges especially vulnerable.

May 11, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Announcements

Quantstamp to Sponsor DeFi Talents Mentoring Program

Quantstamp is pleased to sponsor the current cohort of DeFi Talents, a program for empowering talent for leadership in the decentralized finance space.

April 13, 2022
Read more
Quantstamp Labs

Proper Treatment of Randomness on EVM-Compatible Networks

Solidity does not have a function for generating random numbers, yet Ethereum dapp developers sometimes desire random numbers in order to develop lotteries, NFT drops, and games where randomness influences the outcomes...

February 16, 2022
Read more
Preview
Quantstamp Joins the #CryptoAgainstCOVID Alliance

Quantstamp Joins the #CryptoAgainstCOVID Alliance

Quantstamp is proud to announce that we are contributing to the Binance Charity Project, Crypto Against COVID. Donations made through this global campaign will be used to purchase medical equipment and supplies that will be distributed throughout countries that are currently most heavily impacted by the virus.

Quantstamp Announcements
April 6, 2020
Preview
Quantstamp Joins MyID Alliance

Quantstamp Joins MyID Alliance

Quantstamp is proud to join the MyID Alliance, a Digital ID initiative by ICONLOOP. As the world moves towards more online and less face-to-face interactions, Digital ID will be a key enabling technology. 

Quantstamp Announcements
March 31, 2020
Preview
Market Dynamics of the 1st bZx Hack: Flash Loans and the Insolvent Loan

Market Dynamics of the 1st bZx Hack: Flash Loans and the Insolvent Loan

In this series, we describe the market dynamics of the 1st bZx attack so we can avoid attacks with market manipulation components in the future.

Quantstamp Announcements
March 24, 2020
Preview
Top 3 DeFi Trends

Top 3 DeFi Trends

This post discusses how flash loans, zaps, and DeFi aggregators are leveraging composability in order to simplify the user experience and ultimately make DeFi markets hyper-efficient.

Quantstamp Labs
March 13, 2020
Preview
Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi

Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi

DeFi is blockchain’s first killer app, with assets locked up approaching $1 billion USD. But one major asset is missing: Bitcoin. Bitcoin is not only the first crypto asset, but the largest - with over $168 billion USD of Bitcoin in circulation it has deep pools of liquidity. It is one of the least volatile cryptocurrencies and has a large network of fiat on and off ramps. All these properties make it a great crypto-collateral. We think Bitcoin has the potential to transform the DeFi landscape as the most widespread and liquid asset available today.

Quantstamp Announcements
March 11, 2020
Preview
DeFi’s Double-Edged Sword

DeFi’s Double-Edged Sword

Composability allows for DeFi projects to leverage one another to create powerful new functionality. However this composability also introduces more risk. These issues have existed for a while, but have been made easier to exploit through the introduction of flash loans. While flash loans themselves do not introduce new vulnerabilities, they level the playing field for attacks which previously required large amounts of capital. 

Quantstamp Announcements
March 4, 2020