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Lightweight LLM framework enhances smart contract security audits

Researchers have developed a new framework for auditing smart contracts using lightweight Large Language Models. This system decouples the auditing process into four stages: detection, explanation, severity classification, and remediation. By employing techniques like knowledge distillation and a custom aggregation strategy, the framework achieves high accuracy in vulnerability detection and generative explanation tasks, outperforming larger open-source models. AI

IMPACT This research introduces a more efficient method for LLM-based smart contract auditing, potentially improving security in decentralized applications.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Bagus Rakadyanto Oktavianto Putra, Muhamad Risqi Utama Saputra, Widyawan, Guntur Dharma Putra ·

    Decoupled Smart Contract Audits: Lightweight LLM Framework via Distillation and Aggregation

    arXiv:2606.03128v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Smart contracts face critical security challenges that require thorough auditing in decentralized web services. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown promise in automated vulnerability detection, existing approaches lack s…