Lack of transparency among project auditors a big problem: Hacken CEO
Dyma Budorin thinks the crypto industry would be much safer if smart contract auditors took responsibility for the code they audited. Smart contract auditing firm Hacken CEO Dyma Budorin thinks Web3 cybersecurity providers are failing the crypto industry and that “huge blind spots” in market practices are impacting investor behavior.Budorin believes a lack of accountability and transparency in the audits many providers perform falls short of reassuring users and projects.Currently, smart contract auditors take no accountability if a token they have audited gets hacked due to a bug in the....
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