Common Vulnerabilities (Reentrancy, etc.)

Welcome to this crucial lesson on smart contract security! Unlike traditional software, bugs in smart contracts can lead to irreversible loss of funds.

Because contracts on the blockchain are often immutable, fixing vulnerabilities after deployment is incredibly difficult, if not impossible. Security must be a top priority from day one.

Reentrancy is a critical vulnerability where an external call to an untrusted contract can 're-enter' the original contract before the first function call has completed its execution.

This allows the attacker to repeatedly drain funds or manipulate state by calling the vulnerable function multiple times.