OpenZeppelin CEO Manuel Araoz said he now considers “all” of decentralized finance (DeFi) unsafe because coding agents have become “superhuman” at finding vulnerabilities in a post on X Wednesday.
The warning from one of crypto’s top security executives comes as DeFi’s total value locked has dropped by over $20 billion since the start of the year, according to DeFiLlama data. While some of that reflects broader crypto price weakness, the sector has also been battered by a steady stream of exploits that continue to test confidence in onchain finance.
PSA: I now consider *all* of DeFi unsafe.
Coding agents are superhuman at finding vulnerabilities, and smart contract security is too asymmetric: defenders need to fix every bug while attackers…
