Mythril: the new bug detector in the Ethereum blockchain

Cyber ​​security expert Bernhard Mueller has just made available to the users and developers of the Ethereum blockchain a tool capable of disassembling, exploring and analyzing the blockchain for errors. Dubbed in honor of the fictional metal of Tolkien Middle-earth, Mythril is its name.

Mueller, after studying variables such as the programming language used by Ethereum, Solidity, some of the catastrophes caused by errors in its implementation and certain intelligent contract analysis tools in the blockchain, concluded that these presented limitations that prevented him from working efficiently. Which led him step by step to developing Mythril.

Mythril is a blockchain exploration and error interception tool that allows you to search, disassemble, and analyze smart contracts in the Ethereum blockchain. Its command line is made in Python programming language, which makes its commissioning require special procedures compared to similar tools.

Its variety of uses is described by its author in a statement, which also explains how to apply this tool in different scenarios. However, for him, the uses described in the document "are only the tip of the iceberg" because, because it is open source, it facilitates other developers to build improvements based on Mythril, expanding its versatility and improving its quality.