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December 5, 2025Empirical Software EngineeringOpen Access

Bridging the gap: a comparative study of academic and developer approaches to smart contract vulnerabilities

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LMLodovica MarchesiUniversity of CagliariCACosmo Kevin AntenucciUniversity of MoliseSSSimone ScalabrinoUniversity of Molise

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Overview

Analysis shows 60.55% of fixing strategies by Solidity developers align with academic guidelines, suggesting gaps in addressing vulnerabilities like denial of service and reentrancy.

Key Points

  • Commit analysis reveals over 6700 changes show high stability for fixes in production code.
  • 60.55% of vulnerabilities addressed align with literature-based recommendations, especially in reentrancy.
  • Structured questionnaire feedback from experts points to high effectiveness for new fixing strategies.
  • Gaps in adherence highlight a significant divide between academic recommendations and developer practices.

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Marchesi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/694022442d562116f28fbbaehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-025-10780-5
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