Avoiding Smart Contract “Gridlock” with Slither

Published

2019-07-03 18:42

Collected

2026-07-03 04:23

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title: "Avoiding Smart Contract “Gridlock” with Slither"
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# Avoiding Smart Contract “Gridlock” with Slither

## Summary

Slither's dangerous-strict-equality detector catches the Edgeware 'Gridlock' DoS, where a strict balance assertion let attackers pre-fund a future contract address and freeze its lock() function.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-07-03T18:42:53Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/03/avoiding-smart-contract-gridlock-with-slither/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1947