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💣 The MOTHER of ALL ALPHA is here. I officially present to you: THE ART OF AUDITING web3-sec.gitbook.io/art-of-a… The first community-driven resource that consolidates thousands of hours of expertise from the sharpest minds in the industry. I have spent the past 3 months scraping the leaderboards, collecting wisdom from some of the best in the game. After nearly 80 DMs and countless inspiring conversations, the final product is here for everyone to explore and benefit from. 🔥 What’s inside? Lessons from 52 top-performing, highly-respected auditors, including: - Multi-million-dollar bounty hunters - Multiple competition winners - Leaders at the top of all-time rankings 📗 KNOWLEDGE THAT IS EVERLASTING Over 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War, and its lessons remain timeless. Inspired by that legacy, we created The Art of Auditing - a resource designed to capture knowledge that stands the test of time. Platforms will evolve, judging criteria will shift, and bugs will come and go—but the core principles outlined here will always hold true. 🧠 REAL VALUE FOR EVERYONE The Art Of Auditing has the specific goal to deliver ALPHA and INSPIRATION to EVERYONE, even the TOP-tier auditors.That’s why every contributor is a proven expert with a stellar track record. 🛠️ NEVER ENDING PROJECT I thought I could reach all the great auditors out there in one go, but it turned out there are too MANY of them and I am just ONE guy. I'm not sure if I even covered 50%🤯 There’s still an immense wealth of knowledge waiting to be added to this project. Every experienced auditor with achievements is INVITED to contribute to this collective knowledge base at ANY TIME. 💪 CREDITS All credit and recognition go to the 52 incredible auditors who made this resource a reality. Each of them committed to contributing and each of them DID. Despite this being one of the busiest periods in the industry, they gave their most precious resource - their time. Having experienced it firsthand, I can confidently say that each one of them has extreme integrity and a deep sense of responsibility. If you plan to work with any of them, rest assured: 🫡 These auditors DELIVER I'm tagging all the great names below👇

I recently analyzed the report of a contest I participated in - ECG (@CreditGuild ) on C4. It was my first big protocol. There were some very interesting insights I gained for myself, like: "Valuable, low duplicate bugs != complex bugs. Which also does not mean they are easy to spot" Staying true to myself I'm passing the knowledge to you guys. I'll do a detailed breakdown of what I just sad, complemented with solid examples and analysis of the why's & how's Hope you take something for yourself as well🙏

I just finished watching @milotruck video, where he talks about auditing 😱It has a LOT of ALPHA!😱 But it is a lengthy video (~1h 30min) I'm compiling the key ALPHAS for all of you that don't have that time, because it is a knowledge WORTH having🧵

3 or so months ago I started my web3 auditing journey with 3 questions: 1. Am I going to achieve something at all ❓ 2. All this time and effort every SINGLE day - is it worthwhile ❓ 3. Does this thing get any easier, less exhausting or at least a bit less stressful❓ I can confidently share that since the beginning of this week I managed to cross-off ❓ number 3 from the list. It's the first time I wake up early in the morning & I don't need an adrenaline 💉(figuratively) to get my 💩 together and start auditing. Now it feels more like a morning ☕️ I'm not saying it's all 🌹, but definitely I don't feel drained the moment I get out of bed to audit. I'm sharing this for everyone that are just starting out and ask the same❓(#3) themselves everyday. It does get better ! Apply yourself DAILY until you gain the confidence, that will be like an ☔️ guarding you from the rain of 💩 that smart contracts are trying to drop on your mentality Regarding ❓ number 1 & 2 They still overwhelm me on a daily basis. I got no answers to them so all I'm left with is to keep moving forward and see what awaits me.

Just finished another contest and a repeating pattern keeps revealing itself before me. - You open the protocol, feel overwhelmed and can't comprehend how it is possible that any exploit could be found - A couple of days pass, you get a deeper understanding of it's inner working. Confidence 🦵 in - You stick for more than a day with that deeper context & all of a sudden point bugs start 👋at you I'm starting to think that if you don't find at least a single serious bug in a protocol, then something must be off😅 I'm beginning to appreciate that the "there are always bugs" mentality is a real thing, not some marketing clichee