Damn Vulnerable DeFi — Setup and Challenge #1 Walkthrough

Peter Kacherginsky

3 min readNov 14, 2020

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Damn Vulnerable DeFi is an Ethereum smart contract wargame developed by @tinchoabbate from OpenZeppelin. The competition includes 8 unique challenges educating players about various DeFi vulnerabilities.

In this article, I will share basic set up steps to get you started on the challenges and go over the first challenge.

Wargame Setup

Peter Kacherginsky

Written by Peter Kacherginsky

Blockchain Security, Malware Analysis, Incident Response, Pentesting, BlockThreat.net

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