{"id":16195,"date":"2024-08-19T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T07:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/optimism-foundation-disables-fraud-protection-due-to-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T07:23:16","slug":"optimism-foundation-disables-fraud-protection-due-to-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/optimism-foundation-disables-fraud-protection-due-to-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimism Foundation Disables Fraud Protection Due to Vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Optimism Foundation has restored the L2 network to a permissioned state following the discovery of vulnerabilities in the decentralized fault proof mechanism by auditors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OPLabsPBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OPLabsPBC<\/a> posted an upgrade proposal detailing findings from a recent series of community-driven audits on the Fault Proof System, including the plan to fix the bugs identified as part of the audits.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kylblb3Wyx\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kylblb3Wyx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Optimism (@Optimism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Optimism\/status\/1824560736657670314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Introduced in early July, the permissionless Fault Proof solution allows users to challenge potentially fraudulent and incorrect transactions. In permissioned blockchain ecosystems, only trusted claimants can perform these actions.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the Fault Proof functionality marked the implementation of the first stage of decentralization for OP Mainnet and OP Stack.<\/p>\n<p>However, two months later, the Optimism Foundation activated a fallback permissioned mode and proposed improvements to the mechanism due to code errors identified by auditors from Spearbit, Cantina, and Code4rena.<\/p>\n<p>The organization put forward a governance proposal for an upgrade to fix the bugs, some of which were deemed &#8220;serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;None of the vulnerabilities were exploited, and user assets were not and are not at risk. However, as a precautionary measure, a permissioned rollback mechanism was activated to avoid any potential instability until the bugs are fixed,&#8221; wrote Optimism Foundation engineer Mofi Taiwo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the community approves the proposal, the L2 network upgrade, named Granite, will take place on September 10. It includes several updates and a hard fork.<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, the Optimism team <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/optimism-team-resolves-critical-vulnerabilities-in-testnet\">resolved two critical vulnerabilities<\/a> in Fault Proof during the testnet verification stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Optimism Foundation has restored the L2 network to a permissioned state following the discovery of vulnerabilities in the decentralized fault proof mechanism by auditors. 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