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The Arbitrum Security Committee has aggressively frozen over 30,000 ETH related to the KelpDAO attackers this week, safeguarding around $71 million in assets. However, this move has once again put the age-old topic of 'decentralization' in the spotlight.
While it's a good thing to help victims recover their assets, the ‘one-click shutoff’ vibe is undeniably strong. In the face of the Security Committee's intervention power, the so-called on-chain immutability seems a bit fragile. This heavy-handed rescue mode has ripped the veil off L2 governance: it turns out that in extreme situations, code is not the final law; that small group of committee members is.
From a chip security perspective, this does provide a safety net, but in the long run, this kind of 'centralized privilege' is another dimensional blow to the native spirit of Web3. If on-chain results can be arbitrarily overridden, what's the difference between us playing with electronic ledgers in a bank?
Can you accept this kind of 'just intervention'? Or would you prefer a cold but absolutely decentralized system? #Arbitrum #KelpDAO #SecurityCouncil $ARB $ETH