He tweets: «I am deliberately refraining from comment on wallet issues, except to express strong support for those working hard on writing simpler,
safer wallet contracts or auditing and formally verifying security of existing ones.»
The TokenCard team is raising funds to develop a mobile app that will accompany the card and allow users to customize the
underlying wallet contract, send payments, and manage their account.
Speaking on Twitter this morning, Buterin publicly declined comment on the recent exploit, stating: «I am deliberately refraining from comment on wallet issues, except to express strong support for those working hard on writing simpler,
safer wallet contracts or auditing and formally verifying security of existing ones.»
A «
wallet contract» is an Ethereum contract that secures your ether and identity with features such as multisignature signing and programmed deposit / withdrawal limits.
A wallet contract can be easily created in the Mist Ethereum Wallet GUI client.
The user then «suicided»
the wallet contract, which wiped out a bunch of code and left millions upon millions of dollars in ether inaccessible.
The co-founder of Ethereum has expressed his «strong support» for developers working on simpler and safer
wallet contracts.
I am deliberately refraining from comment on wallet issues, except to express strong support for those working hard on writing simpler, safer
wallet contracts or auditing and formally verifying security of existing ones.