At @lifiprotocol, we often talk about the need for bridges to be "trustless" or trust minimized.
Today, we attempt to define & measure the level of "trust" required by various bridge designs.
And what we found is that, with bridges, trust is a spectrum.
blog.li.fi/li-fi-with-bridges-trust-is-a-spectrum-354cd5a1a6d8
1/ What is a Trustless System?
A trustless system is one that does not depend on external actors to facilitate transactions from point A to B.
However, this is a very simple definition.
On a technical level, it is much more nuanced 👇
This week's newsletter features:
a. Bridge Updates
1) LI.FI Smart Contract Vulnerability 🛠️
• Exploited on March 20th, 2022
• $600k across 29 wallets stolen
• 25/29 wallets reimbursed + in touch with rest
• Bug has been fixed
blog.li.finance/20th-march-the-exploit-e9e1c5c03eb9
1/ DODO's DEX can address the issues generally associated with DEXs. Here’s how:
a) Lack of Liquidity — it is a meta aggregator, which aggregates liquidity sources across multiple DEXs and its own liquidity pools.
1/ DODO's DEX can address the issues generally associated with DEXs. Here’s how:
a) Lack of Liquidity — it is a meta aggregator, which aggregates liquidity sources across multiple DEXs and its own liquidity pools.