Security

Governance attacks and the controls that stop them

Whale node overwhelming a token voting network in a governance attack
Whale node overwhelming a token voting network in a governance attack

Treasury-scale money attracts treasury-scale attacks. Nearly all of them target the execution path.

Vote-buying and flash-loan voting

Snapshot voting power at a block before the proposal opens so borrowed tokens cannot vote.

Payload substitution

Bind the vote to a hash of the calldata. If the payload changes, the authorisation dies with it.

Signer compromise

Distribute keys across people, devices and jurisdictions; require more signatures for higher-impact actions.

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