Giorgio Bonuccelli
Marketing Director - Dedaub

No Patches, No Second Chances: Understanding the Web2 to Web3 Security Shift​

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New regulations like the EU’s MiCA and the U.S.’s GENIUS Act are pulling Web3 into the spotlight of traditional finance - but beneath this regulatory shift, Web3 still operates under radically different architectural principles. In this talk, Giorgio Bonuccelli examines what makes Web3 uniquely vulnerable: smart contract code is public, immutable, and often irreversible - transforming every line of code into potential attack vectors. Users, not just protocols, bear the brunt of these risks. Drawing from Dedaub’s real-world incident response across major DeFi platforms, Giorgio outlines how development teams must rethink security from first principles in this brave new world.

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Key takeaways from this session:

• A clearer understanding of why Web3 security differs fundamentally from traditional systems—even as regulations converge.

• Insight into attack surfaces created by the public and immutable nature of smart contracts.

• Real-world lessons from Dedaub’s incident response work across major DeFi protocols.

• A new security mindset: how to build defensively from the ground up, thinking of every deployed contract line as potential exposure.