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> Could be that the Wormhole team spotted the bug, patched it, but the attacker got to it before the patch could be rolled out. It's a dark forest. Many predat
by panarky 5y ago
> Could be that the Wormhole team spotted the bug, patched it, but the attacker got to it before the patch could be rolled out.
It's a dark forest. Many predators who are smarter, faster and better connected than you are silently watching, ready to exploit your mistakes and ignorance for their profit.
Dark Forest -> https://www.paradigm.xyz/2020/08/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest https://www.paradigm.xyz/2020/08/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest
- motoxpro 5y agoUgh this is the coooolest thing ever to see the ideas in that book come to life.
- edf13 5y agoHuh? Why didn’t he use flashbots to avoid the mempool??? https://docs.flashbots.net/ https://docs.flashbots.net/ His super-devs may not be so clued up after all
- T0Bi 5y agoHe didn't need to since the actual attack happened on Solanas side. The Ethereum transaction was completely legit.
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- TimJRobinson 5y agoFlashbots wasn't around when this was written. It's relatively new.
- ComodoHacker 5y agoInsider leak seems more likely to me.