Blockchain Engineer Alleges Attack Triggered Terra's $50 Billion Downfall
Jacob Gadikian, founder of the Cosmos blockchain services provider Notional Labs, has referred to the downfall of Terra $LUNC , the algorithmic stablecoin project, as a product of chain disruption.
On social media, Gadikian stated that, in his view, the failure of the Terra ecosystem was the consequence of an attack by an unidentified third party. This attack aimed to undermine the Terra blockchain, intending to disrupt the $1 UST peg and profit from arbitrage of the token.
He pointed out that, at the time, the set of validators was under attack and that hundreds of millions were being manipulated for no apparent reason. Gadikian also revealed a video demonstrating an attack on the Cosmos hub security testnet, which produced the same effect observed during the alleged attack that caused UST’s depeg.
Other investigators concurred with Gadikian, stating that during the depeg, the chain registered a sixfold increase in transactions, attributed to bots. According to Flipside, a blockchain intelligence company, these bots “impeded Terra from being able to use its signature economic model to restore its UST peg.”
Jacob Gadikian, founder of the Cosmos blockchain services provider Notional Labs, has referred to the downfall of Terra $LUNC , the algorithmic stablecoin project, as a product of chain disruption.
On social media, Gadikian stated that, in his view, the failure of the Terra ecosystem was the consequence of an attack by an unidentified third party. This attack aimed to undermine the Terra blockchain, intending to disrupt the $1 UST peg and profit from arbitrage of the token.
He pointed out that, at the time, the set of validators was under attack and that hundreds of millions were being manipulated for no apparent reason. Gadikian also revealed a video demonstrating an attack on the Cosmos hub security testnet, which produced the same effect observed during the alleged attack that caused UST’s depeg.
Other investigators concurred with Gadikian, stating that during the depeg, the chain registered a sixfold increase in transactions, attributed to bots. According to Flipside, a blockchain intelligence company, these bots “impeded Terra from being able to use its signature economic model to restore its UST peg.”
