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The Complete Smart Contract Security Audit Checklist for 2026

A comprehensive checklist for auditing smart contracts โ€” covering access control, business logic, external integrations, gas optimization, and deployment security across Solidity and Rust.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขJan 4โ€ข12 min read
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Frontrunning Protection: Building MEV-Resistant Smart Contract Patterns

Practical patterns and techniques for protecting your smart contracts from frontrunning โ€” commit-reveal, batch auctions, private mempools, and encrypted transactions.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขDec 20โ€ข9 min read
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Multi-Signature Wallet Vulnerabilities and Best Practices for DeFi

How multi-sig wallets fail โ€” from the Parity freeze to social engineering and operational security gaps. Learn to configure and use multisigs securely.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขDec 8โ€ข8 min read
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Rust vs Solidity: A Security Comparison for Web3 Developers

How Rust's memory safety and type system compare to Solidity's security model. The tradeoffs, unique vulnerabilities, and which language is more secure for smart contracts.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขNov 20โ€ข9 min read
๐ŸšซBest Practices

15 Common Solidity Anti-Patterns That Lead to Catastrophic Vulnerabilities

The most dangerous Solidity coding patterns that auditors see repeatedly โ€” with vulnerable code, explanations, and secure alternatives for each.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขNov 14โ€ข11 min read
๐Ÿ“ˆBest Practices

Understanding Vulnerability Severity Scores for Smart Contract Audits

How smart contract audit findings are classified by severity โ€” Critical, High, Medium, Low, and Informational. Learn what each level means and how to prioritize fixes.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขNov 8โ€ข7 min read
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Writing Secure Solidity: A Developer's Guide to Defensive Smart Contracts

Practical guidelines for writing secure Solidity from the start โ€” defensive patterns, common pitfalls, testing strategies, and the mindset shift from web2 to web3 security.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขNov 2โ€ข10 min read
๐ŸงชBest Practices

Testing Smart Contracts for Security Vulnerabilities: Beyond Unit Tests

Advanced testing strategies for smart contract security โ€” fuzz testing, invariant testing, formal verification, and test-driven security with Foundry and Hardhat.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขOct 27โ€ข9 min read
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Secure Token Approval Patterns: Preventing Approval Exploits in DeFi

How token approvals create security risks and how to implement safe approval patterns โ€” infinite approvals, permit, permit2, and approval hygiene.

Kennedy Owiroโ€ขOct 21โ€ข7 min read

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