In this episode of HardWired, Harry sits down with Abraham Polishchuk, founder and CTO of Fidesium, to explore how one of crypto’s most critical but often overlooked infrastructure layers, security auditing and developer tooling, is evolving as the industry matures. From Abraham’s early days mining Bitcoin on his laptop to building a Web3-native security firm, the conversation digs into why “code is law” no longer cuts it, and how protocols can stay safe in an era of institutional capital, AI-assisted development, and increasingly sophisticated attackers.
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We discuss why manual audits alone are no longer enough, how Fidesium combines human expertise with automated tooling to help teams ship faster without sacrificing safety, and what really went wrong in high-profile exploits like Kelp DAO. Abraham breaks down the key failure modes in DeFi, from broken invariants and oracle manipulation to privileged role abuse and OPSEC lapses, and explains why defense-in-depth, surface-area mapping, and real-time monitoring are now table stakes for any serious protocol.
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You can learn more about Fidesium here: https://fidesium.xyz
This episode was brought together by AlphaWire: https://alphawire.xyz
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