Episodes

  • 0xleastwood: Spearbit Lead Security Researcher talks Web3 Security and Smart Contract Auditing
    Feb 10 2023

    Liam Eastwood, Lead Security Researcher at Spearbit and Judge on  Code4rena, sits down for an interview to discuss his rapid rise from a  student to a top security researcher in just two years. He shares his  experiences and provides insights on how to progress from an  intermediate to an advanced level in the field of web3 security and  smart contract auditing.

    Links: 

    https://twitter.com/0xleastwood 

    https://leastwood.xyz

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Web3 Education, Auditing and Advice for New Engineers in Web3
    Feb 1 2023

    Interview with Patrick Collins - the GOAT of web3 education. Patrick  talks about his background, how he got into web3, working at Chainlink  and his switch to focus on Security.   

    Patrick is hiring auditors! Reach out to him below.  

    Links: 

    https://twitter.com/PatrickAlphaC 

    https://www.cyfrin.io/

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Private Audits, Obtaining Clients and Navigating the World of Independent Security Research
    Jan 27 2023

    We sit down with Pashov and discuss his decision to all in on web3  security as an independent security researcher. Pashov shares alpha on  auditing, obtaining clients and building industry connections.


    Links: https://twitter.com/pashovkrum

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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • Code4rena Automation, Breaking Through Plateaus and Auditing Advice for Beginners/Intermediates
    Jan 13 2023

    Interview with Dravee who is a top gas reporter on code4rena, taking first place for gas optimisations on the $1Million OpenSea contest in May and reaching top 20 on the leaderboard for 2022.  

    In this conversation we talk about Dravee’s background and how he learned smart contract auditing from scratch. We discuss how he was able to break through learning plateaus, his auditing strategy and his report automation setup.    

    Contact Dravee: https://twitter.com/BowTiedDravee 

    Links: https://github.com/x676f64/secureum-mind_map

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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • From NSO Group Hacker to Web3 Security Researcher: An Interview with Trust
    Dec 29 2022

    An interview with Trust, ex-NSO Group hacker turned web3 bounty hunter and independent security researcher. In just under a year, Trust has rocketed to the top of the code4rena leaderboard, and has made waves on both code4rena and Immunefi.  

    In this conversation, we delve into Trust's background as a security  researcher and exploit developer at NSO Group, and learn more about his  decision to leave and pursue a career in web3 security. Trust discusses  his work performing audits on code4rena, participating in bug bounties  on Immunefi, and shares with us his methodology and mindset around  bounty hunting and security research.

    Contact Trust: 

    https://twitter.com/trust__90 

    https://www.trustindistrust.com/

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    1 hr and 57 mins