# Botract: abusing smart contracts and blockchain for botnet command and control

Source: https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJICS.2022.121295
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Botract-abusing-smart-contracts-and-blockchain-for-botnet-command-and-control?index=0x65ca6fc39a2c0b3031b31c9f8f0c18fa43852d430a1954018915927439d2497ffdba221b
Submitted by ciefa.eth on 2024-02-12 UTC, 1 upvote, 1 comment

## Comments

**rvolz.eth**: The main idea seems to be that it would be hard to "undeploy" a properly designed C2 server in form of a smart contract on Ethereum. While that is true, the authors don't add something new to the discussion: in their opinion the open nature of Ethereum is simply a "design flaw" and smart contracts need "authoritative control". 

The discussions around the OFAC sanctions showed that world isn't that simple. Who would decide about "malicious" users and use cases?