DeFi Security Controversy Rises Again. Industry authorities point out that the current development paradigm of "code is law" has become difficult to cope with the increasingly complex vulnerability risks. Data shows that in just the past year, hackers have stolen over $649 million through smart contract vulnerabilities, a staggering figure.



To reverse the situation, the industry is calling for a new approach of "regulation is law"—by establishing standardized security norms and deploying immutability check mechanisms to strengthen defenses at the contract level. This standardized solution can effectively prevent conventional hacking attacks.

But the challenges are escalating. Developers generally express concerns: as AI technology advances, attack methods are also iterating. AI-assisted vulnerability exploitation is no longer a low-probability event. This means that the competition for DeFi security has entered the "arms race" stage—defenders must continuously innovate to stay ahead of the disruptors.
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CryptoDouble-O-Sevenvip
· 01-22 17:15
649 million USD? That's funny. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Real big players don't dare to touch these contracts at all.
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AlphaBrainvip
· 01-20 12:47
649 million dollars lost. To put it nicely, it's a "arms race," but in reality, it's just developers betting on who gets hacked first.
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LuckyBlindCatvip
· 01-20 11:09
$649 million just gone... How bored must this hacker be?

Wait, can AI automatically find vulnerabilities? Doesn't that mean the defense side will always be stuck being pushed around?

Standardization and norms sound good, but what about actual implementation? I have a feeling this will end up as another unfinished project.
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PriceOracleFairyvip
· 01-20 06:54
ngl the "$649M yoinked" number hits different when you realize that's just the *detected* stuff... dark pool of unknown exploits probably makes this look cute. standards are cope tbh, ai's already gaming the system while we're still patching yesterday's bugs fr
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SignatureVerifiervip
· 01-20 06:53
nah, "standards as law" is just security theater if nobody's actually auditing the implementations... third time's the charm? doubt it.
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OffchainOraclevip
· 01-20 06:44
649 million USD just gone like that, it's really outrageous. Can regulation save DeFi? I'm skeptical.
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VibesOverChartsvip
· 01-20 06:41
649 million still didn't solve much... Once AI hackers come out, it'll really be haha, can't defend against it.
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ReverseFOMOguyvip
· 01-20 06:39
649 million USD? Uh, it's the same old story every year... Someone should have taken real action long ago.
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FUDwatchervip
· 01-20 06:28
$649 million... How many people got scammed? That's upsetting.
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