Opulous (OPUL)

After 8 years, we are winding down Opulous. This is an extremely hard tweet to write as I know how many people have spent not just money but time and energy on Opulous including of course the team, but more importantly the community members who we have worked so hard for.

1/ First, what actually happened. Opulous was not hacked. Our platform and staking contracts were never compromised. The failure happened entirely within Messina’s bridge infrastructure, a provider we trusted to manage cross-chain transfers, and who failed to carry out even a basic audit on their product.

2/ Their relay contract was exploited using forged bridge messages, releasing hundreds of millions of OPUL from escrow with nothing locked on the source chain. In simple terms: the attacker printed more than 2x the total token supply out of thin air and sold it. Messina have still not made a single public statement taking accountability for this.

3/ From the moment it happened, our thoughts were always with the community. We launched a f

After 8 years, we are winding down Opulous. This is an extremely hard tweet to write as I know how many people have spent not just money but time and energy on Opulous including of course the team, but more importantly the community members who we have worked so hard for.

1/ First, what actually happened. Opulous was not hacked. Our platform and staking contracts were never compromised. The failure happened entirely within Messina’s bridge infrastructure, a provider we trusted to manage cross-chain transfers, and who failed to carry out even a basic audit on their product.

2/ Their relay contract was exploited using forged bridge messages, releasing hundreds of millions of OPUL from escrow with nothing locked on the source chain. In simple terms: the attacker printed more than 2x the total token supply out of thin air and sold it. Messina have still not made a single public statement taking accountability for this.

3/ From the moment it happened, our thoughts were always with the community. We launched a f

After 8 years, we are winding down Opulous. This is an extremely hard tweet to write as I know how many people have spent not just money but time and energy on Opulous including of course the team, but more importantly the community members who we have worked so hard for.

1/ First, what actually happened. Opulous was not hacked. Our platform and staking contracts were never compromised. The failure happened entirely within Messina’s bridge infrastructure, a provider we trusted to manage cross-chain transfers, and who failed to carry out even a basic audit on their product.

2/ Their relay contract was exploited using forged bridge messages, releasing hundreds of millions of OPUL from escrow with nothing locked on the source chain. In simple terms: the attacker printed more than 2x the total token supply out of thin air and sold it. Messina have still not made a single public statement taking accountability for this.

3/ From the moment it happened, our thoughts were always with the community. We launched a f