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The Myth of Immutability: A Multivocal Review on Smart Contract Upgradeability
Ilham Qasse, Isra M. Ali, Nafisa Ahmed +2
The immutability of smart contracts on blockchain platforms like Ethereum promotes security and trustworthiness but presents challenges for updates, bug fixes, or adding new featur…
EvoChain: A Framework for Tracking and Visualizing Smart Contract Evolution
Ilham Qasse, Mohammad Hamdaqa, Björn Ãór Jónsson
Tracking the evolution of smart contracts is challenging due to their immutable nature and complex upgrade mechanisms. We introduce EvoChain, a comprehensive framework and dataset…
Immutable in Principle, Upgradeable by Design: Exploratory Study of Smart Contract Upgradeability
Ilham Qasse, Mohammad Hamdaqa, Björn Ãór Jónsson
Smart contracts, known for their immutable nature to ensure trust via automated enforcement, have evolved to require upgradeability due to unforeseen vulnerabilities and the need f…
PrAIoritize: Automated Early Prediction and Prioritization of Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts
Majd Soud, Grischa Liebel, Mohammad Hamdaqa
Context:Smart contracts are prone to numerous security threats due to undisclosed vulnerabilities and code weaknesses. In Ethereum smart contracts, the challenges of timely address…