Eveem

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decompiler

SHOW HN2018

68points
10comments
#629of 2,155 in 2018
Top 30%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Results look impressive and useful for smart contract work.

    From 2 comments
    • The maker's post
    • This is pretty cool. This looks like it'll be useful for my work. Is 4bytes.directory the only source of function signatures?
      hboon on HN
  • Commenters say it would be useful for their work.

    From 2 comments
    • This is pretty cool. This looks like it'll be useful for my work. Is 4bytes.directory the only source of function signatures?
      hboon on HN
    • Good stuff!! Does your API work for test-nets? Also, what do you think the future of this project is?
      xbt_fan on HN

Objections

  • Commenter questions whether a decompiler is needed when contract source is supposed to be public.

    From 1 comment
    • For people like me not directly working on the field of smart contracts : does a solidity decompiler solve a specific problem or was it for fun? I thought the point of smart…
      antpls on HN

Requests

  • Open-source the code.

    From 2 comments
    • The maker's post
    • Thanks :) I used 4bytes initially, but then built my own internal directory that is more precise (has parameter names, and a slightly larger database). I plan to open-source it,…
      kolinko on HN
  • Support for test networks.

    From 1 comment
    • Good stuff!! Does your API work for test-nets? Also, what do you think the future of this project is?
      xbt_fan on HN

Questions

  • Can it decompile arbitrary contracts into ABIs?

    From 2 comments
    • Super curious to how this works - care to elaborate a bit? Any chance you could use this to decompile arbitrary contracts into ABIs?
      mewwts on HN
    • As in getting an interface definition file? My guess would be no. I don't believe that compiled methods are annotated with any type information for the arguments or anything…
      davesque on HN
  • Where do function signatures come from besides 4bytes?

    From 2 comments
    • This is pretty cool. This looks like it'll be useful for my work. Is 4bytes.directory the only source of function signatures?
      hboon on HN
    • Thanks :) I used 4bytes initially, but then built my own internal directory that is more precise (has parameter names, and a slightly larger database). I plan to open-source it,…
      kolinko on HN
  • Does the API work for test-nets?

    From 1 comment
    • Good stuff!! Does your API work for test-nets? Also, what do you think the future of this project is?
      xbt_fan on HN

Alternatives named

  • 4bytes.directory for function signatures.

    From 2 comments
    • Thanks :) I used 4bytes initially, but then built my own internal directory that is more precise (has parameter names, and a slightly larger database). I plan to open-source it,…
      kolinko on HN
    • This is pretty cool. This looks like it'll be useful for my work. Is 4bytes.directory the only source of function signatures?
      hboon on HN

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