Please let me know if you have comments, corrections, feedback, ideas for future shows, etc.  Thanks for listening! <a href="https://intotheabyss.fm">intotheabyss.fm</a> zw@intotheabyss.fmShow notes: Emin calls for moratorium of the DAO based<a href="http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/05/27/dao-call-for-moratorium/">http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/05/27/dao-call-for-moratorium/</a> Christian's post on the anti-patterns <a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/06/10/smart-contract-security/">https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/06/10/smart-contract-security/</a> Nice timeline of the DAO hack<a href="https://medium.com/@slacknation/dao-hack-timeline-823e5a18e894">https://medium.com/@slacknation/dao-hack-timeline-823e5a18e894</a> Protection against the first DAO rewards recursive call bug<a href="https://github.com/slockit/DAO/pull/242">https://github.com/slockit/DAO/pull/242</a> Soft-fork dos vector disclosed <a href="http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/28/ethereum-soft-fork-dos-vector/">http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/28/ethereum-soft-fork-dos-vector/</a> Phil Daian explores DAO exploit<a href="http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/18/analysis-of-the-dao-exploit/">http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/18/analysis-of-the-dao-exploit/</a> Difference between hard and soft fork<a href="https://www.weusecoins.com/hard-fork-soft-fork-differences/">https://www.weusecoins.com/hard-fork-soft-fork-differences/</a> DAO still has over 15 USD worth of ETH in it: <a href="https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/10/07/three-years-on-the-dao-still-has-100000-eth">https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/10/07/three-years-on-the-dao-still-has-100000-eth</a> DAO proposal 59 <a href="https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5798fbc45e3b63832abc4984b0f3574a13545f415dd672cd8540cd71f735db56">https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5798fbc45e3b63832abc4984b0f3574a13545f415dd672cd8540cd71f735db56</a> The DAO withdraw contract <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754#internaltx">https://etherscan.io/address/0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754#internaltx</a> Comparing post exploit hard-fork and soft-fork options <a href="https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/the-dao-the-hack-the-soft-fork-and-the-hard-fork/">https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/the-dao-the-hack-the-soft-fork-and-the-hard-fork/</a>Outro music: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/zacharywolff/lightweight">https://soundcloud.com/zacharywolff/lightweight</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;Please let me know if you have comments, corrections, feedback, ideas for future shows, etc.  Thanks for listening! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://intotheabyss.fm"&gt;intotheabyss.fm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;zw@intotheabyss.fm&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Show notes: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Emin calls for moratorium of the DAO based&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/05/27/dao-call-for-moratorium/"&gt;http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/05/27/dao-call-for-moratorium/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christian's post on the anti-patterns &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/06/10/smart-contract-security/"&gt;https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/06/10/smart-contract-security/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nice timeline of the DAO hack&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://medium.com/@slacknation/dao-hack-timeline-823e5a18e894"&gt;https://medium.com/@slacknation/dao-hack-timeline-823e5a18e894&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Protection against the first DAO rewards recursive call bug&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/slockit/DAO/pull/242"&gt;https://github.com/slockit/DAO/pull/242&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Soft-fork dos vector disclosed &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/28/ethereum-soft-fork-dos-vector/"&gt;http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/28/ethereum-soft-fork-dos-vector/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Phil Daian explores DAO exploit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/18/analysis-of-the-dao-exploit/"&gt;http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/18/analysis-of-the-dao-exploit/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Difference between hard and soft fork&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weusecoins.com/hard-fork-soft-fork-differences/"&gt;https://www.weusecoins.com/hard-fork-soft-fork-differences/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAO still has over 15 USD worth of ETH in it: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/10/07/three-years-on-the-dao-still-has-100000-eth"&gt;https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/10/07/three-years-on-the-dao-still-has-100000-eth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAO proposal 59 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5798fbc45e3b63832abc4984b0f3574a13545f415dd672cd8540cd71f735db56"&gt;https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5798fbc45e3b63832abc4984b0f3574a13545f415dd672cd8540cd71f735db56&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The DAO withdraw contract &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754#internaltx"&gt;https://etherscan.io/address/0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754#internaltx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comparing post exploit hard-fork and soft-fork options &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/the-dao-the-hack-the-soft-fork-and-the-hard-fork/"&gt;https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/the-dao-the-hack-the-soft-fork-and-the-hard-fork/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Outro music: &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/zacharywolff/lightweight"&gt;https://soundcloud.com/zacharywolff/lightweight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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In this second part of a two-part series, The Fall of the DAO,  we explore the hack that drained 70 Million USD worth of Ether from the DAO smart contract and subsequent battle to reclaim the coins. 

The Fall of the DAO

Please let me know if you have comments, feedback, suggestions, corrections, ideas for future shows, etc. Thanks for listening! <a href="https://intotheabyss.fm">intotheabyss.fm </a> zw@intotheabyss.fm[1] <a href="https://www.roheat.com/the-craziest-thing-thats-almost-ever-happened-to-anyone-the-dao-attack/">https://www.roheat.com/the-craziest-thing-thats-almost-ever-happened-to-anyone-the-dao-attack/</a>[2] <a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/09/24/devcon-is-back/">https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/09/24/devcon-is-back/</a>Gavin Wood -- DAO Hack talk at Dutch BlockChain Conference [3] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=KaOGtH7J0WE&amp;feature=emb_logo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=KaOGtH7J0WE&amp;feature=emb_logo</a>[4] <a href="https://blog.slock.it/the-history-of-the-dao-and-lessons-learned-d06740f8cfa5">https://blog.slock.it/the-history-of-the-dao-and-lessons-learned-d06740f8cfa5</a>[5] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvsoKBBCqE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvsoKBBCqE</a>[6] <a href="https://ethereum.org/">https://ethereum.org/</a>[7] <a href="https://medium.com/@pullnews/understanding-the-dao-hack-for-journalists-2312dd43e993#.kw0ufw25q">https://medium.com/@pullnews/understanding-the-dao-hack-for-journalists-2312dd43e993#.kw0ufw25q</a>[8] <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/vitalik-buterin-on-his-long-term-goals-for-ethereum-1462381147/">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/vitalik-buterin-on-his-long-term-goals-for-ethereum-1462381147/</a>[9] <a href="https://hbr.org/2017/02/a-brief-history-of-blockchain">https://hbr.org/2017/02/a-brief-history-of-blockchain</a>[10] <a href="https://blog.slock.it/blockchains-acquires-slock-it-4b3a0276893d">https://blog.slock.it/blockchains-acquires-slock-it-4b3a0276893d</a>[11] <a href="https://github.com/slockit/DAO/commits/develop?after=e50d3bc008cfe0bbe4285de9dda54d3a541cb0b4+944">https://github.com/slockit/DAO/commits/develop?after=e50d3bc008cfe0bbe4285de9dda54d3a541cb0b4+944</a>[12] <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/">https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/</a>[13] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_(organization)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_(organization)</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;Please let me know if you have comments, feedback, suggestions, corrections, ideas for future shows, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening! &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://intotheabyss.fm"&gt;intotheabyss.fm &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;zw@intotheabyss.fm&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href="https://www.roheat.com/the-craziest-thing-thats-almost-ever-happened-to-anyone-the-dao-attack/"&gt;https://www.roheat.com/the-craziest-thing-thats-almost-ever-happened-to-anyone-the-dao-attack/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/09/24/devcon-is-back/"&gt;https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/09/24/devcon-is-back/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gavin Wood -- DAO Hack talk at Dutch BlockChain Conference &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;amp;v=KaOGtH7J0WE&amp;amp;feature=emb_logo"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;amp;v=KaOGtH7J0WE&amp;amp;feature=emb_logo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[4] &lt;a href="https://blog.slock.it/the-history-of-the-dao-and-lessons-learned-d06740f8cfa5"&gt;https://blog.slock.it/the-history-of-the-dao-and-lessons-learned-d06740f8cfa5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[5] &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvsoKBBCqE"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvsoKBBCqE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[6] &lt;a href="https://ethereum.org/"&gt;https://ethereum.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[7] &lt;a href="https://medium.com/@pullnews/understanding-the-dao-hack-for-journalists-2312dd43e993#.kw0ufw25q"&gt;https://medium.com/@pullnews/understanding-the-dao-hack-for-journalists-2312dd43e993#.kw0ufw25q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[8] &lt;a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/vitalik-buterin-on-his-long-term-goals-for-ethereum-1462381147/"&gt;https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/vitalik-buterin-on-his-long-term-goals-for-ethereum-1462381147/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[9] &lt;a href="https://hbr.org/2017/02/a-brief-history-of-blockchain"&gt;https://hbr.org/2017/02/a-brief-history-of-blockchain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[10] &lt;a href="https://blog.slock.it/blockchains-acquires-slock-it-4b3a0276893d"&gt;https://blog.slock.it/blockchains-acquires-slock-it-4b3a0276893d&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[11] &lt;a href="https://github.com/slockit/DAO/commits/develop?after=e50d3bc008cfe0bbe4285de9dda54d3a541cb0b4+944"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://github.com/slockit/DAO/commits/develop?after=e50d3bc008cfe0bbe4285de9dda54d3a541cb0b4+944&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[12] &lt;a href="https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[13] &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_(organization)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_(organization)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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In this part one of a two part series, the rise and fall of the DAO we take a full look at the events leading up to the infamous DAO hack where upwards of 50 million USD worth of the cryptocurrency Ether was stolen from an autonomous blockchain organizati

In this part one of a two part series, the rise and fall of the DAO we take a full look at the events leading up to the infamous DAO hack where upwards of 50 million USD worth of the cryptocurrency Ether was stolen from an autonomous blockchain organization. In part one we focus on the events leading up to the Slock team becoming the largest crowdfunded project of all time (at the time).  

The Rise of the DAO 

True stories from the crypto & hacking underground.  Join me as we traverse the main stream reporting & dig deeper into stories of cryptocurrency thefts, hacks, scams & more.    

Into The Abyss

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