Gradual Verification for Smart Contracts

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Main Authors: Sun, Haojia, Singh, Kunal, Ramos-Dávila, Jan-Paul, Aldrich, Jonathan, DiVincenzo, Jenna
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Published: 2023
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author Sun, Haojia
Singh, Kunal
Ramos-Dávila, Jan-Paul
Aldrich, Jonathan
DiVincenzo, Jenna
author_facet Sun, Haojia
Singh, Kunal
Ramos-Dávila, Jan-Paul
Aldrich, Jonathan
DiVincenzo, Jenna
contents Blockchains facilitate secure resource transactions through smart contracts, yet these digital agreements are prone to vulnerabilities, particularly when interacting with external contracts, leading to substantial monetary losses. Traditional verification techniques fall short in providing comprehensive security assurances, especially against re-entrancy attacks, due to the unavailable implementations of external contracts. This paper introduces an incremental approach: gradual verification. We combine static and dynamic verification techniques to enhance security, guarantee soundness and flexibility, and optimize resource usage in smart contract interactions. By implementing a prototype for gradually verifying Algorand smart contracts via the pyTEAL language, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach, contributing to the safe and efficient execution of smart contracts.
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Sun, Haojia
Singh, Kunal
Ramos-Dávila, Jan-Paul
Aldrich, Jonathan
DiVincenzo, Jenna
Cryptography and Security
Logic in Computer Science
Programming Languages
Blockchains facilitate secure resource transactions through smart contracts, yet these digital agreements are prone to vulnerabilities, particularly when interacting with external contracts, leading to substantial monetary losses. Traditional verification techniques fall short in providing comprehensive security assurances, especially against re-entrancy attacks, due to the unavailable implementations of external contracts. This paper introduces an incremental approach: gradual verification. We combine static and dynamic verification techniques to enhance security, guarantee soundness and flexibility, and optimize resource usage in smart contract interactions. By implementing a prototype for gradually verifying Algorand smart contracts via the pyTEAL language, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach, contributing to the safe and efficient execution of smart contracts.
title Gradual Verification for Smart Contracts
topic Cryptography and Security
Logic in Computer Science
Programming Languages
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13351