How To Effectively Learn Smart-Contract Auditing

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Watch this video now and discover how to become a smart contract auditor in no time. Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel for more videos like this. How to cultivate a growth mindset, overcome fears, and adopt winning strategies for successful audits. Explore a range of audit approaches, from challenging developer assumptions to analyzing state machines, and uncover valuable insights on project selection, work-life balance, and finding inspiration. And join our OpenSense community today and start collaborating with other auditors around the world.

00:00:50 The growth mindset
00:02:55 Where to start
00:05:13 Adopting a winning mindset
00:09:00 Drop your fears and start auditing
00:10:00 Audit approach #1: Social mindset
00:13:28 Audit approach #2: Growth mindset
00:15:40 Audit approach #3: Organizing your time
00:18:50 Audit approach #4: Challenge developer assumptions
00:23:00 Audit approach #5: Check the state machine
00:25:15 Audit approach #6: Check the state machine again
00:26:20 Audit approach #7: Symmetry and asymmetry
00:28:10 Audit approach #8: Ask attacker questions
00:29:34 Audit approach #9: Can I skip the loops?
00:30:20 Audit approach #10: Unchecked return values
00:32:18 Audit approach #11: Math handling
00:35:13 Audit approach #12: Submit your proof-of-concepts
00:39:50 Slide into the DMs
00:40:30 Closing thoughts: Getting from zero to hero
00:45:30 How Dacian selects projects
00:47:20 Keeping a balance while doing audits and working
00:50:55 Inspirations, biggest findings, and more questions
00:55:30 Contest platforms