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Published inJun 2022
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Ritesh Modi
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Ritesh Modi is a technologist with more than 18 years of experience. He holds a master's degree in science in AI/ML from LJMU. He has been recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director for his contributions to building tech communities, products, and services. He has published more than 10 tech books in the past and is a cloud architect, speaker, and leader who is popular for his contributions to data centers, Azure, Kubernetes, blockchain, cognitive services, DevOps, AI, and automation.
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The Hacker contract

A hacker writes a simple and small smart contract that interacts with the EtherPot contract by becoming one of its users. The Hacker contract consists of similar functions to those available in the EtherPot contract, and it mimics an externally owned account – that is, it can send Ethers, withdraw them, and check the account balance. Additionally, it also has a special receive() payable function. This is a special function because it cannot be called on demand. It is executed automatically whenever the contract receives Ether. To receive Ether, it should be tagged as payable:

    contract Hacker {
        address payable etherpot;
  
        constructor(address payable _etherpot) payable {
            etherpot = _etherpot;
        }
 
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Published in: Jun 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803231181

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Ritesh Modi

Ritesh Modi is a technologist with more than 18 years of experience. He holds a master's degree in science in AI/ML from LJMU. He has been recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director for his contributions to building tech communities, products, and services. He has published more than 10 tech books in the past and is a cloud architect, speaker, and leader who is popular for his contributions to data centers, Azure, Kubernetes, blockchain, cognitive services, DevOps, AI, and automation.
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