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Pros and Cons of smart contract upgradable patterns
There have been quite many arguments around how to achieve smart contract updates like Upgradeable smart contracts.
I feel Proxycontract with Delegate-call is currently the most famous one. But aside ...
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No Events After Deploying Another Contract in Remix
I am trying to write an upgradable smart contract in Remix. This involves a Proxy contract, a Logic_0_1_0 contract, and a Logic_0_2_0 contract.
I uploaded Proxy and Logic_0_1_0 only, and the ...
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Delegatecall return values solidity 5.0
With solidity 5.0+ , the delegatecall function can return a boolean and a bytes representing return value. I want to understand how does one convert the returned bytes to various datatypes. ex
If ...
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Calling Msg.sender Natively
Caller -> Contract B -> Contract A
Contract A has a msg.sender variable.
I want to use the Caller as Msg.Sender for Contract A through Contract B.
How is this done?
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How do you pause a Proxy-Logic pattern?
Suppose we have a Proxy contract that forwards to call to a Logic contract by using delegatecall.
If we pause the Proxy, users will still be able to directly interact with the Logic contract. While ...
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What's the equivalent of Vyper's create_forwarder_to in Solidity?
In Vyper, there's a built-in function called create_forwarder_to, which
Duplicates a contract’s code and deploys it as a new instance, by means of a DELEGATECALL.
If my understanding is correct, ...
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delegatecall (assembly) didn't change state variable in Remix with Web3 Provider
I am trying to test proxy pattern in Remix, which connected to my private chain with Web3 Provider. By the way, miner is working all the time. After invoking add function of Proxy contract, the state ...
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Anything like a static delegatecall from a view function?
let's say there are two contracts A and B, where A calls methods in B. I understand that A can modify and read storage in B with B.call() and B.staticcall(), ie. A can execute B's methods in the ...
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pass storage through interface to library
Here is what am i doing:
There is a library, accept storage argument as parameter, then do some math and return the result.
And there is a contract to call the function in the library, and an extra ...
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Correct way to make a delegatecall? [duplicate]
I made a delegatecall to the REP contract to approve my contract to spend tokens on behalf of a user and my transaction is failing for some reason here is my code:
(bool b,) = REPAddress.delegatecall(...
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Unstructured storage proxies. Variables not being overwritten?
When using delegate call I was under the impression that storage slots declared in the proxy will be overwritten by the implementation.
Unstructured storage implementations declare bytes32 variables ...
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How to prevent the code of my contract being used in a CALLCODE?
Simple question but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere.
How to know if the code of my contract is used in a CALLCODE or DELEGATECALL by third party sinceaddress(this)returns the address of the caller ...
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Delegatecall not changing state
I was trying the code in https://gist.github.com/sogoiii/f0ced0a4e569b5f38d302e7072d78b43 to observe the difference between call and delegatecall.
pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
contract D {
uint public ...
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Difference in “delegate call via assembly”
I came across a different version of delegate call via assembly and also tried all of them - no different result so far. How does it differ and which is the best version to use?
OpenZepplin version:
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Is it possible to implement upgradable contract with new functions?
I have follows this answer related to Upgradeable smart contracts and Zeppelin's solution.
I have tested those examples, where I was able to update the interface of the functions that are already ...
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Subtraces of delegatecall in Parity trace
I'm investigating transactions using Parity trace which provides useful data over a transaction flow. Among this data is the Subtraces field which allows me to understand how many sub-calls each ...
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DelegateCall to internal function doesn't store variable
Why isn't delegate call able to run internal functions?
What is the difference between a self directed delegate call and a contract normally calling one of it's internal function?
contract ...
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Code Example from “Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps” doesn't work
I'm reading the Ethereum book of Gavin Wood right know and the following code example gives an error message when I try to compile it with truffle:
pragma solidity ^0.4.22;
contract calledContract {
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Proxy contract DELEGATECALL to pass a DYNAMIC array to a function in the target contract
I'm trying to get a Proxy contract to correctly do a delegatecall to a function in another 'target' contract. The problem is, that I need to pass a dynamic array as the parameter to this function.
Q: ...
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Replaying the Bad Parity Hack
On a locally hosted instance of Ethererum I am trying to replay and understand the Bad Parity hack. I have a Wallet and a Wallet Library Contract.
Wallet.sol
constructor(address lib) public payable {...
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Is it possible to send Ether using delegatecall?
I tested this in Remix and it seems that the ether remains in the delegator contract and doesn't get forwarded. Using the code below to test:
contract SomeContract {
address public sender;
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How would you use a proxy erc20 contract if you cannot preserve msg.sender?
Let's say I use a proxy contract which allows me to make an ERC20 token transfer from my account.
At the moment the only way to do so is to use tx.origin which gets the original EOA address of the ...
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Delegatecall: Storing values
Using a delegatecall() to call another contract will have that contract run from within your context (e.g. if it calls a contract on its turn as a result, msg.sender will be your address). I am aware ...
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How to allow delegatecall only from specific contract?
I have a token contract, when transfer is called it calls other contract's transfer with data. Other contract checks msg.sender and allows only the first contract to pass and performs some important ...
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How to use Role-Based Access Control via Proxy?
I have a PermissionsManager contract that uses OpenZeppelin's Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) template as a base. Currently function modifiers in my app call PermissionsManager directly to check for ...
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How does delegatecall work from Solidity 0.5.0 onwards?
I am trying, for learning purposes only, to make a mutable smart contract, but I couldn't find anything useful on stackexchange because everything I found was using pragma solidity ^0.4.x;
So, I have ...
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Can anyone give me a working DELEGATECALL example? [duplicate]
I tried many variants of DELEGATECALL, but not one of them gave me the desired result.
When used in assembly: = delegatecall (), I also don't get the result.
I also used different versions of Solidity ...
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Calling fallback function in truffle to delegate a call
I'm playing with the upgradeable contracts via DelegateProxy in Solidity.
This pattern posits that a MutableForwarder contract is deployed once, and all the subsequent calls to the upgradeable ...
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Proxy Contract Not Updating Store Data
I want to setup a proxy contract that my users can interact with. The proxy contract is a store contract with stores the user's age for now. When I call writeData to update my age, I expect it to call ...
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contract kill function
as per ethereum docs
Even if a contract’s code does not contain a call to selfdestruct, it
can still perform that operation using delegatecall or callcode.
is this real?
1.if it is then even if ...
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How does a contract know which library to query or know the library address?
How does a contract know which library to query? For Example in the code below (The code is from solidity docs: https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/v0.4.24/contracts.html?highlight=library#libraries
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Delegatecall Scope - Correct me if I'm wrong
When any contract function is called - delegatecall or otherwise - the EVM loads the requisite pointers & values into that call frame's volatile stack/memory.
Example:
Let's say we have contract ...
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Scope confusion using delegate call
I am having trouble understanding the scope with delegatecall method. Here are my two contracts:
contract Caller {
uint public testVar = 88;
uint public myVariable = 6;
function ...
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Double delegate call doesn't work
To create an upgradeable contract I have to use multiple proxies. The contract applies to Proxy A, then Proxy A applies to Proxy B. But delegatecall doesn't work in this case.
The simplified code of ...
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Use of delegatecall with msg.data
I'm trying to understand below code:
pragma solidity ^0.4.23;
contract Relay {
address public currentVersion;
address public owner;
modifier onlyOwner() {
require(msg.sender == ...
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Delegatecall require statement does not cause an abortion in any way
This is a sequel to a previous question of mine.
I want to implement a validation function (e.g. for passwords) within a central contract, that could be used by other contracts. It is important to ...
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What method can I use instead of delegatecall?
I see the warning security/no-low-level-calls: Avoid using low-level function 'delegatecall' when I use delegatecall function in my code.
I understand why it's not a good way, but I still need that ...
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delegatecall for Smart Contract versioning
I've a state variable
address public current;
which stores the address of the latest updated contract. This value can be modified with a function.
Then, I've a function of this kind
function ...
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Solidity - selfdestruct
I'm just wondering what would happen if I don't put a selfdestrut() method in my smart contract.
As I read from the Solidity documentation (Self-destruct):
Even if a contract’s code does not ...
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When using Delegatecall or callcode, which Ether balance is used?
Simple question, but I couldn’t find the answer.
When contract A CALLCODE B, B will uses A’s ledger. But which Ether balance will be used if B makes a normal transfer, the balance of A or the balance ...
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What’s the purpose of the delegatecall second target parameter?
Simple question, but I couldn’t figure the answer.
Are there plans/EIP to use the second parameter of DELEGATECALL ? Or am I wrong (in which case the parameter isn’t ignored) ?
In c++ Ethereum evm ...
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Solidity CALL and DELEGATECALL: messages and data format
I have some questions about Solidity CALL and DELEGATECALL. I have already read some related threads (link), but found no answers to my doubts.
1) Is there any difference in performing a CALL to a ...
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Upradeable proxy library throws on any function, how to connect proxy and maincontract
I'm trying to implement a proxy library through the techniques researched by openZeppelin using proxies.
I have 4 contracts
1. Library with logic
2. Library containing the interface for the logic
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ERC20 Token tansfer through delegatecall throws
I'm trying to call the transfer() function on an ERC20 token through the use of delegatecall, my proxy contract however returns false from delegatecall.
When I try to call view functions like ...
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delegatecall on library always run out of gas
I'm trying to replicate the Dynamic Library attack of this paper under a recent version of solidity and the EVM.
Streamlining down the code, I've created this very simple contract (which is, in ...
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deletegateCall to change contract's ownership
I am currently going deep into some Solidity functionalities and I would like to be able to change a contract's A ownership from a contract B, knowing that the caller of contract B is the owner of ...
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Any way to have delegatecall change the delegate contract's storage state?
A delegatecall'ed function executes inside of the delegatecaller contract's own memory & storage context.
But I'm wondering whether the following is in any way possible (i.e. if certain access ...
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Contract call from a contract from a contract?
As I understand it, it is possible for a contract to call another contract by using
othercontractaddress.call(gas_amount).value(eth amount)(tx data).
Or in this case sender -> contract A -> ...
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Delegatecall to an internal function
Let's say I have a Dispatcher contract that delegates all function calls to an Implementation contract using delegatecall (see for example https://gist.github.com/Arachnid/...
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Overriding Solidity selfdestruct
I create a contract and implement a cleanup function like this
modifier ownerOnly {
if(msg.sender != owner) revert();
_;
}
function cleanup() public ownerOnly {
if(!canDelete()) { //...
