Enhancing Smart-Contract Security through Machine Learning: A Survey of Approaches and Techniques

As blockchain technology continues to advance, smart contracts, a core component, have increasingly garnered widespread attention. Nevertheless, security concerns associated with smart contracts have become more prominent. Although machine-learning techniques have demonstrated potential in the field...

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Main Authors: Fan Jiang, Kailin Chao, Jianmao Xiao, Qinghua Liu, Keyang Gu, Junyi Wu, Yuanlong Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/9/2046
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Summary:As blockchain technology continues to advance, smart contracts, a core component, have increasingly garnered widespread attention. Nevertheless, security concerns associated with smart contracts have become more prominent. Although machine-learning techniques have demonstrated potential in the field of smart-contract security detection, there is still a lack of comprehensive review studies. To address this research gap, this paper innovatively presents a comprehensive investigation of smart-contract vulnerability detection based on machine learning. First, we elucidate common types of smart-contract vulnerabilities and the background of formalized vulnerability detection tools. Subsequently, we conduct an in-depth study and analysis of machine-learning techniques. Next, we collect, screen, and comparatively analyze existing machine-learning-based smart-contract vulnerability detection tools. Finally, we summarize the findings and offer feasible insights into this domain.
ISSN:2079-9292