Smart Contract Auditing

Description

Auditing smart contracts is taught in fourteen PDF lessons. They cover common vulnerability patterns and attack vectors, with separate lessons on reentrancy, integer overflow and underflow, front-running and gas limit problems.

Further lessons discuss upgradeable contract security, automated testing with Slither and Echidna, manual code review, fuzz and invariant testing and formal verification. Case studies of DeFi protocols and a lesson on writing audit reports round out the course. After reading, you will understand how auditors approach a codebase and how to structure findings. Checklists and exercises are included. Readers should already know how to read Solidity.

Who it is for: developers with some blockchain experience who want to learn how smart contract security reviews work.

What’s included
14 PDF lessons · 94 pages · about 26,000 words
One ZIP download that is yours to keep — read on any device, no subscription or app needed.

Course programme

1. Introduction to Smart Contract Security Fundamentals
2. Common Vulnerability Patterns and Attack Vectors
3. Reentrancy Attacks and Prevention Techniques
4. Integer Overflow/Underflow and Arithmetic Vulnerabilities
5. Front-Running and Transaction Ordering Dependencies
6. Gas Limit Vulnerabilities and Optimization Strategies
7. Upgradeable Smart Contract Security Considerations
8. Automated Testing Tools: Slither and Echidna Setup
9. Manual Code Review Methodology and Best Practices
10. Fuzz Testing and Invariant Testing Approaches
11. Formal Verification Techniques for Critical Contracts
12. Real-World Audit Case Studies: DeFi Protocols
13. Audit Report Writing and Communication Skills
14. Building Your Smart Contract Auditing Career