Ryan S.
Ryan S.
Security engineer | Blockchain Developer

Blog specialized on Security, Crypto and blockchain.

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    Crypto Hacks of 2018 - Coincheck, BitGrail and the Year of Exchange Breaches

    Crypto Hacks of 2018 - Coincheck, BitGrail and the Year of Exchange Breaches

    About $950M was stolen from crypto exchanges and infrastructure in 2018 (CipherTrace). Coincheck lost ~$534M in NEM; token overflow bugs minted billions.

    2026, Oct 07   —  20 minute read
    The Technical Concepts Behind the 2018 Crypto Hacks

    The Technical Concepts Behind the 2018 Crypto Hacks

    What a Solidity developer needs to follow the 2018 hacks: BEC and SMT overflows, SpankChain reentrancy, Fomo3D randomness, hot wallets, 51% and BGP attacks.

    2026, Oct 07   —  20 minute read
    Crypto Hacks of 2017 - Parity, NiceHash, Tether and the ICO Boom

    Crypto Hacks of 2017 - Parity, NiceHash, Tether and the ICO Boom

    About $266M was stolen from crypto exchanges in 2017 (CipherTrace). Parity's multisig lost ~$31M, NiceHash ~$64M, and ICO sites were hijacked during sales.

    2026, Oct 07   —  16 minute read
    The Technical Concepts Behind the 2017 Crypto Hacks

    The Technical Concepts Behind the 2017 Crypto Hacks

    What a Solidity developer needs to follow the 2017 hacks: Parity's delegatecall wallets and self-destructed library, blockhash limits, ICO front ends.

    2026, Oct 07   —  16 minute read
    Crypto Hacks of September 2026 - Bitget, Liquid Network and 50 Smaller Incidents

    Crypto Hacks of September 2026 - Bitget, Liquid Network and 50 Smaller Incidents

    September 2026 lost about $766M to 55 crypto hacks. Bitget (~$387.5M) and Liquid (~$320M) made up 92%; the rest were key leaks, bridge bugs and oracle abuse.

    2026, Oct 06   —  39 minute read
    MiCA in Eleven Cards — The Definitions to Memorise

    MiCA in Eleven Cards — The Definitions to Memorise

    Eleven MiCA flashcards: crypto-asset, EMT, ART, utility token, white paper, CASP, passport, significant token and market abuse, with a revision table.

    2026, Oct 05   —  10 minute read
    Dijkstra vs Bellman-Ford — Two Ways to Compute Shortest Paths

    Dijkstra vs Bellman-Ford — Two Ways to Compute Shortest Paths

    Dijkstra and Bellman-Ford both relax edges to find shortest paths. They differ in negative weights, complexity, cycle detection and routing use.

    2026, Oct 05   —  21 minute read
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