Beanstalk governance

A $182M loss on Ethereum in 2022, caused by a governance takeover flaw. Here's what happened, the vulnerability class behind it, and where it stands in ProveWall's re-proof pipeline.

$182Mreported loss

2022year

Ethereumchain

Governance takeovervulnerability class

Mechanism — flash-loan governance takeover

◷ In the ProveWall re-proof queue

We have not yet re-executed this exploit on a forked chain. When we do, this page will show a signed, independently replayable receipt — the exploit moving value, and the patched control resisting. Until then this is a factual incident summary, not a proof. No proof, no finding.

What this class of bug is

Governance attacks seize a protocol's decision-making — often by flash-borrowing enough voting power to pass and execute a malicious proposal in one transaction.

How to read this page. The dollar figure is the publicly reported loss attributed to this incident. A ProveWall re-proof reproduces the vulnerability class/mechanism by execution on a forked chain, with a signed receipt — we say so explicitly only once that execution has passed.

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