Fuzzing Bitcoin with the Defensics SDK, part 2: Fuzz the Bitcoin protocol

This is the second of two articles that describe how to use the Defensics SDK in fuzzing Bitcoin. In the previous article, you saw how to set up a test bed for bitcoind. We created two containers, alice and bob, and were able to set up communicati… Continue reading Fuzzing Bitcoin with the Defensics SDK, part 2: Fuzz the Bitcoin protocol

Fuzzing Bitcoin with the Defensics SDK, part 1: Create your network

This is the first of two articles that describe how to use the Defensics SDK to fuzz Bitcoin software. Specifically, you will learn how to model one of the Bitcoin protocol messages and use the Defensics SDK to perform fuzzing on the bitcoind proc… Continue reading Fuzzing Bitcoin with the Defensics SDK, part 1: Create your network

NIST takes aim at blockchain security hype

Blockchain technology is all the rage right now. Largely because of the glitz of Bitcoin. While the concept of blockchain has been around since the early 1990s, it wasn’t until the advent of Bitcoin in 2009 that the idea of blockchains and distri… Continue reading NIST takes aim at blockchain security hype