Security analysis tools for solidity
A few community-developed tools are available to find and solve security issues in smart contracts. Using these tools effectively can help identify known issues in solidity. In this recipe, you will learn about these popular tools and the ways to use them.
Getting ready
It's expected that you have a basic understanding of the Ethereum blockchain and solidity before stepping through this recipe.
This recipe might require the installation of various dependencies, based on the tools you choose to use. The requirements are given for each step.
How to do it...
One of the popular static analysis tools in the Ethereum ecosystem is
Mythril
. It is a security analysis tool that uses concolic analysis, taint analysis, and a control flow checking to detect a variety of security vulnerabilities.- Mythril is based on Python and you need a working installation of
Python v3
withpip3
installed. Once you have those ready, run the following command to install Mythril:
pip3 install...