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title: Trusting a Smart Contract Means Trusting its Owners: Understanding Centralization Risk
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/doi/10-1109-brains59668-2023-10316813/
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identifier: doi:10.1109/brains59668.2023.10316813
source_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/brains59668.2023.10316813
featured: 2023-12-13
citations: 8
topic: Crypto & DeFi
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# Trusting a Smart Contract Means Trusting its Owners: Understanding Centralization Risk

The article highlights the unintended risk of centralization in smart contracts due to security mitigation efforts, and discusses its possible impact on different stakeholders.

- Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/brains59668.2023.10316813
- Identifier: doi:10.1109/brains59668.2023.10316813
- Released: 2023-12-11
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 29 (2023-12-13): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-12-13/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 8
- Published in: 2023 5th Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS)
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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