---
id: 1969
title: "Slither: The Leading Static Analyzer for Smart Contracts"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/05/27/slither-the-leading-static-analyzer-for-smart-contracts/"
published_at: "2019-05-27T10:30:58Z"
tags: ["web3", "smart-contracts", "research", "static-analysis", "blockchain", "slither"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1969"
lang: en
---

# Slither: The Leading Static Analyzer for Smart Contracts

## Summary

A WETSEB@ICSE paper shows Slither outperforms other smart contract analyzers in speed, robustness, and false-positive balance, thanks to an SSA-based intermediate representation that eases extension.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-05-27T10:30:58Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/05/27/slither-the-leading-static-analyzer-for-smart-contracts/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1969