Why do smart contracts self-destruct? Investigating the selfdestruct function on Ethereum

• Main Authors: CHEN, Jiachi, XIA, Xin, LO, David, GRUNDY, John C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Smart contract; Ethereum; selfdestruct function; empirical study; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7669; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8672/viewcontent/2005.07908.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The selfdestruct function is provided by Ethereum smart contracts to destroy a contract on the blockchain system. However, it is a double-edged sword for developers. On the one hand, using the selfdestruct function enables developers to remove smart contracts (SCs) from Ethereum and transfers Ethers...