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Open Access Research Article

Ensuring wallet application security by resolving reentrancy attacks in blockchain smart contracts

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pp. 927–937Vol. 26Issue 3April 2023DOI: 10.47974/JDMSC-1779 Crossmark XML
Published Online:
01 Apr 2023
Article type:
Research Article
Language:
EN
Article no.:
JDMSC-1779
Pages:
927–937

Abstract

With the advancements in technology, blockchain systems have seen widespread use and rapid growth in the field of data security and verification. Blockchain is used in a variety of applications, including financial transactions, healthcare, insurance, Internet of Things, education, and many more, with the promise of increased skills and resilience. This smart distributed peer-to-peer design drew interest from a variety of businesses and communities outside the financial sphere. The major focus of the proposed work is on security challenges and limitations of Ethereum-based smart contracts. Ethereum smart contract is vulnerable to reentrancy security attack. The proposed work analyze reentrancy attacks and assess countermeasures to dissuade vulnerabilities on the network.

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