Journal of Electrical Engineering and Automation
IRO Journals
Volume 4 — Issue 3 — September 2022

Design of an Ethereum Security Analysis for Unpredictable State System - An Overview

https://doi.org/10.36548/jeea.2022.3.007
C. Anand
Department of CSE, K.S.R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, India
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Anand, C. 2022. “Design of an Ethereum Security Analysis for Unpredictable State System - An Overview”. Journal of Electrical Engineering and Automation 4 (3): 200-208. https://doi.org/10.36548/jeea.2022.3.007.
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Keywords

— Smart contracts
— blockchain
— ethereum
— security development
— virtual machine
Published: 14-10-2022

Abstract

As a powerful tool for building framework and autonomous system across various domains, smart contracts are used to maintain security analysis in a better way. However, owing to the decentralised structure of the blockchain on which they are built, a number of concerns have surfaced about weaknesses in their programming, that according to their unique characteristics, might have (and have already had) a very large economic effect. This essay surveys the whole scope of smart contract security issues and the cutting edge of freely accessible security software.

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