EEA Releases Model 2 of the EthTrust Safety Ranges Specification

Normal represents a significant advance in guaranteeing safety inside the Ethereum ecosystem.

Wakefield, Mass. — December 18, 2023 — The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has as we speak introduced the discharge of Model 2.0 of its EthTrust Safety Ranges Specification. 

The specification was crafted by safety consultants from over a dozen corporations, together with famend names in Ethereum safety like Diligence, OpenZeppelin, Hacken, and CertiK, in addition to main companies like Banco Santander, Microsoft, and EY. Notably, it consists of specialist safety companies, their typical clientele, and unbiased consultants, all working collectively to raise safety measures. 

 Chaals Nevile, Director of Technical Applications on the EEA, mentioned: “EthTrust represents a pivotal development in guaranteeing safety inside the Ethereum ecosystem. It serves as a complete ‘high quality test’ for Ethereum, setting a benchmark for safety requirements.”

A Sturdy Framework for Sensible Contract Safety

EthTrust’s main operate is to supply a sturdy framework for reviewing Sensible Contract code written in Solidity, the predominant language for Ethereum-based blockchains. This framework is designed to determine and rectify identified safety vulnerabilities, providing a excessive stage of assurance within the security and safety of the code.

The first beneficiaries of the brand new specification embrace:

1. Builders: EthTrust reduces the workload for safety reviewers by addressing basic points. This interprets to decrease prices and a heightened concentrate on uncovering advanced or novel vulnerabilities.
2. Clients: It presents clients the arrogance that safety evaluations meet basic high quality requirements.
3. Reviewers: Reviewers profit from a complete and present guidelines of identified points. This streamlines their routine duties, permitting them to focus on extra intricate and artistic evaluation elements of their function.

Important Enhancements 

This collaborative effort concerned a yr and a half of data sharing and systematic revision inside EEA’s EthTrust Working Group. The method has led to vital enhancements over the unique model launched final yr, showcasing EEA’s functionality for efficient ongoing upkeep and updates. 

Enhancements embrace, amongst different issues:

• Extra express remedy of read-only re-entrancy
• Some new bugs found within the Solidity compiler
• Express remedy of rounding errors
• Simplification of testing necessities to streamline the method for many builders with out compromising the power to cowl uncommon code; in addition to 
• Updates to the specification with newly found vulnerabilities and changes in focus to mirror altering traits in assaults. 

The brand new customary gives dependable, industry-backed steering for the broader Ethereum/EVM-based blockchain ecosystem. The brand new customary is freely accessible on-line from EEA: EEA EthTrust Safety Ranges Specification.

Contacts

Contact for extra data on the usual: Chaals Nevile, EEA Director of Technical Applications, Chaals@entethalliance.org. 

Contact for normal EEA media inquiries: Tom Lyons, EEA Director of Communications and Content material, tom.lyons@entethalliance.org. 

Concerning the EEA

The EEA is a member-led {industry} group whose goal is to drive using Enterprise Ethereum and Mainnet Ethereum blockchain expertise as an open customary to empower ALL enterprises. Extra at entethalliance.org.