# Solidity is a poorly designed language — hence the exploits

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-10-09
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri: Redefining Success Against All Odds \| BTC Ep.7 (Michael Huynh)
- **Watch at:** 00:21:16 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV7J8rBI2yk&t=1276s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2023-10-09-solidity-is-a-poorly-designed-language-hence-the-e-nd2i/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Solidity is a poorly designed language — hence the exploits," Greg Osuri: Redefining Success Against All Odds \| BTC Ep.7 (Michael Huynh), 9 Oct 2023, 00:21:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV7J8rBI2yk&t=1276s

## Quote — verbatim

> Solidity is a very poorly designed language, and it's very evident with all the exploits that we have today. It is a really poorly designed language — you don't see the level of exploits you have with Solidity with any other language.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Part of a riff on bad software winning adoption (JavaScript "designed in 20 days," PHP); when the host suggests hackers target Solidity for anonymity, Greg insists "it's just easier to exploit Solidity than any other language." Also used as the episode's cold open.