timbowhite5d ago

The Resolv hack: How one compromised key printed $23M

https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/lessons-from-the-resolv-hack/

The Resolv Hack: How One Compromised Key Printed $23 Million

Web3 security lessons from the Resolv hack: how a compromised key enabled a $23M exploit, what went wrong, and how DeFi protocols can prevent similar attacks.

Chainalysis
Show threadandai5d ago
If the admins can "lock all transactions", what's the point of it being a crypto?
Show thread0x3f5d ago

I don't know how this specific thing works, but I don't really see any fundamental problem with mixing and matching. If you believe in the benefits of crypto, then 50% crypto is still possibly better than 0%.

It's not like I forgo a lock on my front door just because my windows are made of glass.

Show threadmnkyprskbd5d ago

Currency isn't a homebrew computer or backyard car project; it is either centralised or not; there is no in between.

Blockchain with central authority is the worst of both worlds.

Show thread0x3f5d ago

Not really. At a traditional bank I have to trust n people with varying degrees of access. Et ceteris paribus, any reduction in n is an improvement, even if n is not zero.

Of course n can be smaller and the specific people less trustworthy, but that's quite a different thing.

Show threadmnkyprskbd

At a traditional bank you have your national deposit insurance scheme; you get that in return for converting your "assets" to the said nations issued currency but accept the authorities control of the money supply and your funds.

With decentralised money, you get the safety of a globally distributed attestation backed by cryptography without a single authority controlling the supply of money or your funds.

There is no halfway option. You either have a single authority that can exercise control or you do not; number of delegates for exercise of control is almost irrelevant since you can change banks.

Mar 23 at 11:38pmWeb