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The EEA DeFi Risk Assessment Guidelines is a comprehensive list of risks and mitigation strategies for DeFi protocols, developed collaboratively by leaders from Hacken, OpenZeppelin, Consensys, EY, CertiK, Quantstamp, and other key industry players.
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Blockchains have emerged as independent ecosystems of global financial activity. Ensuring the blockchains' availability, validity, and security are the consensus mechanisms that extend to the transactional foundations within the blocks of the blockchain. For PoS, which has become the most popular consensus mechanism, the amount of staked capital is
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BREAKING: Hacken has been selected as one of only 20 pioneering projects for the second cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox. The sandbox is the EU's playground for blockchain innovation, fostering regulatory dialogues and legal certainty for distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions across sectors. At Hacken, we lead
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**Role of a Merkle Tree** A Merkle Tree is a data structure used in blockchain to ensure data integrity and efficient verification. Read how Hacken auditors joined the effort to secure OpenZeppelin’s MerkleProof.sol library.
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Hacken completed a comprehensive Blockchain Protocol Audit of Analog's Node, SDK, and Chain. Let's get into it.
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With several landmark events occurring in the crypto space this quarter, indicating a path towards a regulated future, we continue to closely monitor hacks and scams to assess the industry's state of security and observe emerging trends. This time, we teamed up with the HackenProof research team to
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The blockchain industry has been grappling with scalability issues, which have hindered widespread adoption due to its technical constraints. As the demand for blockchain, decentralized applications (dApps), and transactions increases, the limitations of existing networks become increasingly apparent. High transaction fees and network congestion have plagued platforms like Ethereum, hampering
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We proudly announce our partnership with Cointelegraph Acceleration, an accelerator program for innovative Web3 startups powered by the largest crypto media outlet. This collaboration positions Hacken as the technical due diligence partner for Cointelegraph Accelerator. Key Details According to Cointelegraph’s statement, Hacken will assess the security of accelerator applicants,
The experimental semi-fungible token standard, ERC-404, combines elements from ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens. Despite rising popularity, it has yet to secure an official Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) designation. However, its unique attributes, such as enabling fractional ownership of NFTs and enhancing liquidity, coupled with the potential for automated NFT minting
Decentralized applications (dApps) are software that run on a decentralized network, often using blockchain technology. These applications can serve various purposes for end users, such as brokers, art collectors, traders, investors, and documents of public trust. However, their functionality and va
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Learn how DePIN democratizes infrastructure management using blockchain technology and crypto rewards. Explore its potential and challenges.
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At Hacken, we are dedicated to continually enhancing our services to better support our clients and the Web3 community. Today, we are ready to announce a significant change: Hacken will no longer use Security Scores (0-10) in our audits and other services. With this change, we want our clients and