WEB3 DEV මිල (WEB3)

The Hyperbridge exploit is a sharp reminder that nominal value and realizable value are not the same thing. An attacker abused a flaw in Hyperbridge’s Merkle Mountain Range proof verification and minted 1 billion unauthorized DOT on Ethereum, a figure that looked like $1.2 billion on paper. But in practice, the actual extraction was only around $237K because decentralized liquidity was too thin to absorb anything close to that size. That gap matters. It shows how bridge failures can create terrifying headline numbers, while the real financial damage depends heavily on market depth, exit routes, and response speed. Still, the core issue should not be minimized: a proof verification flaw at the bridge layer is serious, especially because users often treat bridged assets as if they carry the same safety assumptions as native ones. For now, Polkadot mainnet and parachain assets were not affected. The damage was limited to bridged DOT on Ethereum, while Hyperbridge paused operations and several exchanges suspended DOT deposits as a precaution. This is another case where the weakest layer is not always the base chain. Sometimes it is the connection point. Do you think bridge security is improving fast enough, or are these systems still the softest target in crypto? #hyperbridge #Polkadot #dot #Web3 #CryptoNews