Quote from: NotATether on Today at 01:12:46 PM

Quote from: WatChe on Today at 01:04:23 PM

Despite this major breach, SOL at the moment is down by 1% only according to cmc.

Crypto Takes a New Hit as Thousands of Solana Wallets Hacked
Security firms scramble to assess value of assets stolen

I won't be surprised if those thousands of solana wallets are just on an exchange.

But if its by hijacking the (centralized) miners' blocks, then I wouldn't be surprised at that either.

Bitcoin: your money is secured by everybody's electrical competition.

I was reading on twitter that this exploit has nothing to do with security of blockchain. There were many such hacks on ethereum too yet no one talking down ethereum. Twitter
Root cause is not announced yet but Tom Robinson Co-founder Elliptic is saying hack might be due to some exploit in wallet software rather then in solana blockchain. That's like giving a clean chit to solana network in advance.