Watch Your Language: Our First Vyper Audit

Published

2019-10-24 11:00

Collected

2026-07-03 04:20

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id: 1913
title: "Watch Your Language: Our First Vyper Audit"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/10/24/watch-your-language-our-first-vyper-audit/"
published_at: "2019-10-24T11:00:04Z"
tags: ["web3", "smart-contracts", "audit", "static-analysis", "blockchain", "ethereum", "manticore", "vyper", "compiler-bug"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1913"
lang: en
---

# Watch Your Language: Our First Vyper Audit

## Summary

Our first Vyper audit found the Ethereum smart contract language promising—built-in overflow checks, better readability—but under-tested, with a compiler bug and fewer tools than Solidity.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-10-24T11:00:04Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/10/24/watch-your-language-our-first-vyper-audit/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1913