We're incredibly delighted to be working with 0x Protocol on auditing 0x v2.0 which will introduce new smart contract architecture, token standards such as ERC-721 and a variety of performance and UX upgrades.

https://blog.0xproject.com/introducing-0x-protocol-v2-9f5bda04d38d

Yesterday, our new Regional Manager for APAC, Kei Oda, presented smart contracts to large enterprises in Japan as part of Plug and Play's Fintech selection day.

Plug and Play is a worldwide accelerator program that helps supercharge corporate innovation through bridging startups to large enterprises. Plug and Play Fintech in Japan is a 12-week program that connects the best early-to-growth stage Fintech startups to the largest financial institutions in Japan, with a special emphasis on building a bridge between Silicon Valley and Japan. Plug and Play's corporate partners include MUFG, Dentsu, Nissan, Panasonic and Fujitsu.

https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/japan/

In order to benefit the smart contract ecosystem and make crowdsale fundarising processes more equitable and fair, we are proud to have conducted and audit of the Interactive Initital Coin Offering (IICO) smart contract implementation by Modular Inc.

https://medium.com/quantstamp/quantstamp-is-proud-to-announce-that-we-have-conducted-an-audit-of-the-interactive-initial-coin-deaba0f48854

We’re delighted to formalize our friendship and goodwill with Wanchain through helping audit and advise their ecosystem. We look forward to an exciting collaboration on Wanchain 2.0, WANLab and support their vision of accelerating financial inclusion and adoption of blockchain technology.

https://bit.ly/2kp4osZ

Watch the livestream on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/bugcrowdofficial where you can catch our Head of Security Audits Jonathan Haas speaking later today for Bugcrowd's LevelUp 0x02 #bugbounty #ItTakesACrowd

Excited that our own Community Manager @JaredHarrill will be taking part in today’s blockchain panel with Andrew of @originprotocol (@unicorn) Kevin of @GetGitcoin (@owocki) and William George of @Kleros_io in Calgary at the first annual @INVENTUREScan #YYC #Blockchain

https://twitter.com/Quantstamp/status/1004775179753410563

“I think if you read this - you'll have a much better understanding of how we're building this company” - Richard

Before we made it into YCombinator - I was a fan of Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston and their philosophy for startups. Here’s some really great links for how to build a startup.

1) product-market fit
http://www.michaelseibel.com/blog/the-real-product-market-fit
2) finding the right type of users
http://www.michaelseibel.com/blog/users-you-don-t-want
3) doing things that don’t scale, like our audits or our dedication to community
http://paulgraham.com/ds.html
4) on revenue and burn
http://blog.samaltman.com/unit-economics
5) on the post-yc slump - how do you work on real problems
http://blog.samaltman.com/the-post-yc-slump
6) on how the world is not a zero-sum game
http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html
7) on the product development cycle
http://www.michaelseibel.com/blog/product-development-cycle-fundamentals
8) how to make challenging product decisions and prioritize features
http://blog.geoffralston.com/startup-priorities (edited)

Over the past month a lot has happened. We’ve made progress on the QSP protocol, made new hires, completed several major audits, and have several more lined up. We’re also continuing our practice of participating in and giving back to the community by speaking at and supporting events around the world.

Here’s a rundown of some of the things that have been going on:

https://medium.com/quantstamp/quantstamp-community-update-june-21-2018-1d3921ada22f

“We chose Quantstamp because we believe they have a disruptive technology, and we think they can lead the way for the blockchain ecosystem here in Japan.”

https://medium.com/quantstamp/quantstamp-enters-japanese-market-with-acceptance-to-plug-and-play-fintech-accelerator-d6da04012d4e

Quantstamp has completed its audit of Disciplina’s presale token contracts. Take a look at our findings.

https://medium.com/quantstamp/quantstamp-successfully-audits-disciplinas-token-contracts-334c181cacc0

Interested in a more technical conversation in the Quantstamp community? Message an admin for an invite. 🤖☺️

Martin Derka Our Security Research Engineer just published a medium article about the exploitation of the interface of Etherscan for Ethereum attacks

“It appears to be a game where someone, presumably the contract owner, asks a question. If a player guesses the correct answer, they receive the contract’s balance as a reward. When I found the contract, it was holding a balance of approximately 1.03 Ether. Fishy, right?”

https://medium.com/quantstamp/exploiting-the-interface-of-etherscan-for-ethereum-attacks-17b72d2897e0

"We’ve improved the robustness of our auditing nodes by improving test coverage, error handling, logging, and security

Auditing nodes are the heart of the QSP protocol. These nodes receive audit requests for smart contracts and run analyzers to verify the security of the contract. As the QSP protocol is meant to eventually be a decentralized protocol running in the wild, it’s essential that we make sure it is robust enough to handle errors, security issues, and edge cases."

Quantstamp Community Update August 3rd, 2018

https://medium.com/quantstamp/quantstamp-community-update-august-3rd-2018-de26e57833b8

By forming the Smart Contract Security Alliance with Modular, we aim to encourage the growth of a healthy blockchain ecosystem. We invite other members of the industry to join us on this journey. https://medium.com/@QuantstampInfo/e66fc692e003

Looking for a more technical focused chat? Ask an Admin!

Exciting news: Quantstamp’s Blockchain Security Protocol is now officially released on the #Ethereum Mainnet. Check out our official announcement for all the details: buff.ly/2LERt1n

We’re honored to have our CEO Richard Ma on this recent list of Top 10 Cornell Grads and Faculty in the Cryptocurrency Industry. We're happy for his achievements, and also congratulate all the talented Cornell alumni and faculty on this exceptional list
https://buff.ly/2Oa8eDP

We have a new sticker pack!
In honour of our recent Betanet release please enjoy these new stickers!

This document is an overview of the Betanet release — version 0.1.0 of the Quantstamp protocol. Future iterations of the protocol will include more focus on decentralization and handling private audits. However, in the meantime, this iteration is a first step towards achieving those goals.

https://medium.com/quantstamp/securing-smart-contracts-on-the-blockchain-a-technical-overview-of-the-quantstamp-betanet-protocol-f13dab2daa51