๐ท The Day DeFi Changed Forever
AI Summary
A major DeFi exploit involving LayerZero, KelpDAO, and Aave occurred on Sunday, described as the most consequential DeFi hack of all time despite not being the largest by dollar size. David Hoffman argues DeFi needs to be rearchitected away from trust-based composability, and that validators/security councils must standardize recovery operations. The newsletter also covers a wave of ecosystem responses including Aave freezing rsETH markets, EtherFi updating its DVN threshold, and multiple protocols launching new products.
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DeFi composability and trust assumptions
Permissionless DeFi systems are inherently adversarial and building under the premise that 99.99% of users are good is a critical design flaw โ the LayerZero<>KelpDAO<>Aave exploit proves DeFi must be fully rearchitected away from trust-based composability
LayerZero<>KelpDAO<>Aave exploit significance
Despite not being a top-10 hack by dollar size, this exploit is the most consequential DeFi hack of all time and has put the entire onchain industry on a completely different path
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