Timeline for What is the "pre-commit" scheme to defeat frontrunning attack?
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| Feb 20, 2021 at 20:33 | comment | added | Nika Kurashvili | @Ismael, nice answer. Though, I'd love to hear your opinion on my question too: ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/93727/… | |
| Aug 5, 2019 at 4:19 | comment | added | Ismael♦ | For failed ethereum transactions the ether is returned minus the fees (for auction type contract fees can be very high). An important cost to consider is the missed opportunity. | |
| Aug 5, 2019 at 1:44 | comment | added | lllllllllllll |
thank you very much! I believe this is what I am looking for. Also, could you shed some lights on how exact the raffle contract works? Let's suppose a malicious actor intentionally fails other user's submission of 2 Ether, then would the 2 Ether be returned back to the victim user or not?
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| Aug 5, 2019 at 1:42 | vote | accept | lllllllllllll | ||
| Aug 4, 2019 at 15:56 | comment | added | Ismael♦ | To have a privileged account able to change important parameters at will is a different kind of attack. A solution used by exchanges is to submit a price range. If the price has varied a lot they will discard the operation. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | lllllllllllll | Thank you very much for the answer! Thank makes a lot of sense to me. However, just one further question, can the "pre-committed" pattern be used to defeat potential TOD attack shown in my post? I updated my question. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 3:13 | history | answered | Ismael♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |