- SBF suggests paying off the hackers as part of the solution.
- More than $4.4 billion in 2022 has been lost due to DeFi protocol failures.
Cryptocurrency hacking has been prevalent in recent months, notably in the DeFi sector. Chainalysis reports that, so far this month, more than $750 million has been stolen.
Sam Bankman-Fried, crypto billionaire and chief executive officer of FTX, has just developed a strategy to address the issue of crypto hacking. In an interesting twist, SBF suggests paying off the hackers as part of the solution.
Reward For Disclosing Flaws
The FTX CEO has suggested a “5-5 standard” in which hackers would be allowed to retain 5% of the total cash taken or $5 million, whichever is less. The hacker must also act in “good faith” and be willing to collaborate in order to get most of the cryptocurrency back. Some crypto hackers are not out to steal information, but rather to earn payment for responsibly disclosing flaws in the system.
SBF stated:
“Hacks are extremely destructive to the digital asset ecosystem. The 5-5 approach would have curbed the impact of hacks more than 98%. Keeping DeFi and peer to peer transfers free is crucial. There are policies I honestly think are key to achieving that. I could be wrong about those policies–I probably am wrong about some! But in the end the most important thing is to keep commerce and expression free.”
Still, SBF can’t decide on a suitable benchmark for this procedure. It’s no secret that this year DeFi protocols have been the weakest link in terms of security. More than $4.4 billion in 2022 has been lost due to DeFi protocol failures.
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