Ryan S.
Ryan S.
Security engineer | Blockchain Developer

Blog specialized on Security, Crypto and blockchain.

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    Three ATT&CK Techniques Behind the Ransomware Endgame - Service Stop, Disable or Modify Tools, and Indicator Blocking

    Three ATT&CK Techniques Behind the Ransomware Endgame - Service Stop, Disable or Modify Tools, and Indicator Blocking

    How attackers disable security tools (T1562.001), cut telemetry (T1562.006) and stop services (T1489) before impact, and how defenders detect and stop it.

    2026, Sep 09   —  15 minute read
    KZG Polynomial Commitments — The Terms and Formulas, From Beginner to Advanced

    KZG Polynomial Commitments — The Terms and Formulas, From Beginner to Advanced

    A layered glossary of KZG polynomial commitments. Thirty terms and their formulas, from binding and hiding to the quotient polynomial, t-SDH and degree bounds.

    2026, Sep 09   —  20 minute read
    Understanding Hyperliquid - The Vocabulary, from Beginner to Advanced

    Understanding Hyperliquid - The Vocabulary, from Beginner to Advanced

    A layered glossary of Hyperliquid. Thirty terms across three levels, from HyperCore and mark price to auto-deleveraging, portfolio margin and the four HIPs.

    2026, Sep 09   —  20 minute read
    Inside Circle's UpgradableMSCA — A Modular Smart Contract Account Under ERC-6900

    Inside Circle's UpgradableMSCA — A Modular Smart Contract Account Under ERC-6900

    How Circle's UpgradableMSCA implements an ERC-6900 modular account: validation entities, hook ordering, ERC-7201 storage, and the factory that deploys it.

    2026, Sep 09   —  24 minute read
    Inside Circle's SponsorPaymaster — How a Verifying Paymaster Is Built

    Inside Circle's SponsorPaymaster — How a Verifying Paymaster Is Built

    A line-by-line reading of Circle's SponsorPaymaster, the ERC-4337 v0.7 verifying paymaster behind gasless Circle wallets, and the design choices behind it.

    2026, Sep 09   —  22 minute read
    Partial Notes on Aztec — Deferred Completion and Private DeFi Composability

    Partial Notes on Aztec — Deferred Completion and Private DeFi Composability

    A private function cannot read the price it needs. Partial notes split a note into a private half that fixes the payee and a public half that fixes the amount.

    2026, Sep 09   —  22 minute read
    Native Account Abstraction on Aztec, Compared with ERC-4337

    Native Account Abstraction on Aztec, Compared with ERC-4337

    Aztec has no EOAs and no protocol signature scheme, so account validation is proved on the user's device. What that changes against ERC-4337, and what it costs.

    2026, Sep 09   —  23 minute read
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