Survey of Ethereum and Cardano with respect to security vulnerabilities

• Main Author: Lim, Xiao Wei
• Other Authors: Lin Shang-Wei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162925
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On the blockchain, smart contracts are autonomous programs that enables peers to enforce agreements without the need for a third party. Ethereum based smart contract is the basis of decentralised finance valuating billions of US dollars. However, they are far from secure and have led to millions of dollars in losses due to attacks exploiting vulnerabilities. As smart contracts are immutable upon deployment, the security and correctness of them are of paramount importance. This project is our attempt to analyse the current state of smart contract security of Cardano, a growing blockchain technology, in comparison to Ethereum. The first part of this project involves understanding basic knowledge of abovementioned blockchains. After that, we explore Ethereum attacks and attempts to weigh the potentiality of replication on Cardano are made.