Security

Security is as important or more important on blockchains than on other programming platforms because blockchain platforms often handle financial transactions. The pages in this section cover common security issues and related things that Tezos developers need to know. For greater assurance, blockchain developers should have their applications audited by a reputable company.

For some common security issues to be aware of, see these pages:

• Some potential issues with authorization and man-in-the-middle attacks are covered in Handling authorization
• Issues with randomness and manipulation are covered in Using randomness safely
• Issues that can block a contract by resource exhaustion are covered in Staying within resource constraints