Ethereum Developers Reveal New Proposal to Prevent Hacks

2023-7-13 14:30

Ethereum developer Arjun Bhuptani has proposed a new standard, called EIP 7281, to minimize damage caused during bridge hacks.

Cross-chain bridge hacks have resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in users’ funds. Certain challenges cause a setback in the security of bridges.

Ethereum Developers Brainstorm Over EIP 7281 Standard

Bhuptani, founder of the Connext protocol, proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 7281 after last week’s $126 million Multichain exploit. With EIP 7281, the Connext founder hopes to standardize the bridging of tokens.

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EIP 7281 would shift the ownership of tokens from bridges to issuers. And the issuers would be able to cap the minting rate limit of a particular bridge. Bhuptani explained:

“Token issuers decide which bridges to support for a given domain, and iterate on their preferences over time as they gain confidence about the security of different options.

In the event of a hack or vulnerability for a given bridge (e.g. today’s Multichain hack), issuer risk is capped to the rate limit of that bridge and issuers can seamlessly delist a bridge without needing to go through a painful and time-intensive migration process with users.”

But other developers raised concerns about the idea of giving token issuers power to decide which bridge to support. An Ethereum developer, “a6-dou” wrote:

“Token issuers may have biases or motivations that go beyond technical metrics when selecting bridges, which could influence users’ decision-making. This could reduce diversity and limit the number of available options for users.”

However, Bhuptani clarified:

“In the current paradigm, token issuers are already making decisions on bridges based on liquidity rather than on security or technical reasons. The ERC-7281 approach explicitly removes moats around concentration of funds as issuers now solely base bridge decisions around the rate limits they are comfortable with.”

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