opcode for deleting a contract, original opcode called SUICIDE
SELFDESTRUCT is the EVM opcode for deleting a contract. It was originally called SUICIDE but has been implemented in both Solidity and Serpent in
EIP6.
Questions tagged [selfdestruct]
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how can a contract destroy other contract (suicide accounts)?
I learnt from the yellowpaper that at the end of a contract execution, there could be a list of suicide accounts that will be removed.
my question is, why and how would one smart contract remove other accounts (smart contracts).
for example, I…
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How to suicide existing contract?
Is there any way to suicide contract which was never designed for that?
If so what will happen with ethers that this contract is holding?
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is selfdestruct a good practice?
A contract after selfdestruct cannot manage transactions, and as such any ether sent to it is lost. Wouldn't be better to switch to a contract defined state "dismissed" and reject any ether sent by mistake when in such a state?
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What happens when a suicide operation transfer remaining funds to it’s own contract address?
equivalent solidity code :
suicide(this);
Does the operation succeeds at not transferring the balances while still erasing the code ?
Or is contract’s code destroyed only after sending balances which means a recursion infinite loop can occur if the…
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Does a selfdestruct affect child contracts?
Say, I create a smart contract A and this contract creates another smart contract B. If I call selfdestruct on A, will this affect in any way contract B? Or can I still call functions on B after A is killed?
I found this example on…
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Self destruction
I am also newer to solidity. It appears there is a self destruction option for solidity.
If I use that, it seems I also would be eligible to receive some gas as a refund for freeing up space in the blockchain.
Can anyone explain me how this has…
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send tx with smartcontract and self destruction
help me, I want to create a smart contract with the function send internal tx then self destruct
like this example
this hash address polygon
txhash
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Can I selfdestruct a smart contract without the selfdestruct function being implemented?
is it possible to selfdestruct a smart contract which I have deployed even though the selfdestruct(address) function is not implemented in the code?
Thank you
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Where can I find the source code for selfdestruct()?
I'm trying to look into the Ethereum repository but I can't find a file for the functions. I want to know how selfdestruct() is implemented, but I also would like to look at other functions.
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Redeploy a smart contract on the same address
How can I redeploy a different smart contract on the same address after selfdestruct()?
I know that with CREATE2 I can place a smart contract on a specific address. But after I remove the source code from that address through selfdestruct() how can…
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