German poet Heinrich Heine said: “People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it takes more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral.”
When you are building something new, you need convictions and resilience.
aave: yo arbitrum, send back the $71m you get from the hacker, we need it
arbitrum: chill, we’re voting on it, you’ll have it in a few days. defi united, remember?
aave: bet. love that for us
(suddenly, american lawyers show up)
plaintiffs: stop right there. that $71m is ours now
aave: excuse me??
plaintiffs: we have old judgments against north korea. the hacker was lazarus group. lazarus is north korea. therefore the funds belong to north korea. therefore we seize them
aave: wait. do you have proof it was north korea?
plaintiffs: yeah, tweets
aave: …tweets
plaintiffs: and a news article
aave: but even if it was them, holding stolen funds for 5 minutes doesn’t make you the owner??
plaintiffs: yes it does
aave: so if i smash a tiffany’s window, grab a diamond, and a bystander grabs it back from me, your creditor friends can seize the diamond?
plaintiffs: correct
arbitrum: uhh… what are we supposed to do here
plaintiffs: don’t move. everything’s frozen
aave: but the funds belong to my innocent users??
plaintiffs: not our problem
aave: if i lose this, nobody will ever stop a hacker again. why would they? the reward becomes a legal war with the thief’s creditors
plaintiffs: not our problem
aave: and sanctioned states will have an incentive to hack more, since stolen funds can pay off their old debts
plaintiffs: still not our problem
aave: (turns to the judge) your honor, either vacate this now, or make them post a $300m bond. we have days before the entire defi ecosystem cascades
judge: (tbd)
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