Re:Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Tokens, ICOs: Why Should A...
by wslh on Thursday July 06, 2017 @12:49AM
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I see the article full of text just as a SEO tactic. There is no real substance there:
> Problem #1: Lack of developer friendliness
As we described above, Ethereum solves this problem by design through its expressive programming language and strong developer tooling.
The author doesn't have direct experience with Solidity, where the tooling is buggy and there are many subtle ambiguities and security issues that are not yet addressed. Any ICO, smart contract developer, or security auditor knows this and this is why ERC20 tokens that are only a few lines of code and very repetitive can hide terrible issues. You can check for example: "Smart contract short address attack mitigation failure" https://blog.coinfabrik.com/smart-contract-short-address-att...
> Problem #1: Lack of developer friendliness As we described above, Ethereum solves this problem by design through its expressive programming language and strong developer tooling.
The author doesn't have direct experience with Solidity, where the tooling is buggy and there are many subtle ambiguities and security issues that are not yet addressed. Any ICO, smart contract developer, or security auditor knows this and this is why ERC20 tokens that are only a few lines of code and very repetitive can hide terrible issues. You can check for example: "Smart contract short address attack mitigation failure" https://blog.coinfabrik.com/smart-contract-short-address-att...