Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this[…]
Podcast Episodes discussing the 2016 DAO Attack
The 2016 DAO attack is one of the most infamous hacks that ever took place in the crypto industry. The hack was the result of a vulnerability that allowed for a recursive call (or re-entrancy) attack.
How did The DAO hack happen?
The source code for the DAO’s smart contract had a poor sequence of commands that set the state of the balance after a transaction was sent. This allowed the attacker (who has since been doxxed by Unchained founder Laura Shin) to withdraw a balance over and over again in an infinite loop. The event was documented in detail in Laura’s book, “The Cryptopians” and is discussed at length in the following podcast episodes and newsletters.
Is Code Law? Should the Hacker Be Punished? The DAO Creators Disagree
During my research for The Cryptopians, I found information that I believe identifies the perpetrator behind The DAO hack on Ethereum. Three founding members of The DAO and Slock.it (Christoph[…]
How Writing ‘The Cryptopians’ Shaped My Views on Ethereum
In a fun change of pace, Steven Ehrlich, editor of Forbes Cryptoasset and Blockchain Advisor, joins Unchained to interview me about my book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the[…]
The Chopping Block: Why Hacking The DAO Is ‘Something to Be Proud Of’?
Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. Show topics:[…]
Exclusive: Crypto’s Biggest Whodunnit: Who Was Behind the 2016 DAO Attack on Ethereum?
While researching for my book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze, I found evidence that I believe resolves the biggest whodunnit in[…]