Major Setback: Smart Contract Exploit Results in Over 200 Ethscriptions Being Nabbed
According to its creator, a new protocol allowing the creation and sharing of digital objects on Ethereum has experienced a significant setback due to a major hack in its main marketplace. Ethscriptions, a novel method t...
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Ethscriptions, a novel method to create Ethereum assets launched last month by Tom Lehman, co-founder and former CEO of Genius.com, utilizes transaction "calldata" to write non-financial data to the blockchain network. ...
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