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Why was 'only' 300 million minted, instead of 600?
by Ansil849 5y ago
Why was 'only' 300 million minted, instead of 600?
- Bayart 5y agoThe exploiter could have generated any arbitrary amount of wETH. The limit is the actual ETH held in the contract. They used their fake wETH to exchange for real ETH.
- Ansil849 5y agoRight, hence my question; I believe the bridge had somewhere around double the amount they actually took, so why didn't they take it all?
- Bayart 5y agoAh my bad, I was actually under the impression it was emptied out. If it's not the case my assumption would be that he was eyeballing for something that wouldn't impede the regular money flow and would allow him to have more time to exfiltrate the ETH before it's blacklisted by exchanges. That or he just took what he could as fast as possible when he saw the minting actually go through.