$91,288.00
1.78%$3,178.61
4.97%$216.33
2.86%$629.58
2.94%$1.15
32.54%$0.373289
3.24%$1.00
0.00%$3,175.70
5.05%$0.763051
14.65%$0.203634
8.03%$0.00002465
3.24%$5.68
6.59%$35.18
9.56%$3,761.04
4.56%$90,887.00
1.65%$3.70
12.51%$473.94
12.26%$3,180.95
5.14%$14.58
9.15%$0.00002131
-2.73%$5.74
14.30%$96.42
17.08%$5.92
10.94%$7.64
0.58%$12.47
8.20%$0.191056
42.18%$3,346.99
5.04%$9.19
11.91%$0.994704
-0.12%$9.43
13.96%$0.162986
1.08%$27.62
22.43%$527.54
5.61%$3.65
-1.95%$0.144647
9.71%$1.32
6.64%$0.420613
17.23%$0.086956
26.51%$22.19
-0.25%$1.002
-0.00%$1.99
9.79%$4.70
12.63%$0.00004064
1.50%$0.710783
21.13%$151.86
4.65%$7.00
5.81%$45.39
4.45%$1.002
0.19%$170.43
5.07%$25.82
9.57%$0.749991
7.75%$0.03044949
22.08%$0.00024137
8.92%$0.537897
22.14%$1.36
12.46%$5.81
11.61%$1.77
15.44%$5.26
9.28%$0.752235
9.10%$2.30
35.99%$0.206041
17.67%$1.40
4.37%$5.69
3.90%$3,179.14
5.02%$1.75
3.08%$1.75
4.07%$0.168639
0.26%$3,556.03
5.15%$0.197547
10.05%$2.39
9.19%$0.427179
4.40%$0.545821
-1.22%$3,331.37
4.99%$1.53
16.13%$1.12
2.81%$91,141.00
1.86%$3,249.38
4.46%$72.78
11.65%$0.990722
17.35%$4.77
2.52%$1,551.87
7.37%$91,293.00
1.78%$10.93
2.77%$88.33
40.25%$1.25
23.65%$9.75
3.24%$0.02333228
11.70%$18.30
9.43%$266.94
2.83%$0.02190777
11.96%$0.0287888
14.85%$0.00000115
6.42%$1.24
9.97%$0.02268949
10.98%$0.00000267
6.07%$3,172.85
5.27%$0.671295
10.07%$0.67839
18.64%$3.09
-0.03%$5.86
2.86%$0.473286
9.74%$0.0111108
2.92%$90,573.00
1.40%$0.419869
15.18%$1.40
-1.56%$0.00004795
11.44%$1.33
10.47%$90,860.00
1.59%$0.987415
8.55%$12.83
13.56%$5.82
13.92%$5.47
8.01%$11.12
-5.23%$91,184.00
2.02%$228.05
2.84%$0.763639
2.18%$0.00204647
-1.15%$30.66
8.39%$1.16
12.11%$0.348672
23.01%$39.42
6.31%$0.813858
11.19%$3.32
5.81%$0.139985
8.42%$1.26
5.17%$0.684869
12.18%$0.00764335
5.83%$0.417847
22.56%$0.372152
2.73%$0.997986
0.08%$0.158655
10.91%$3,262.30
4.20%$3,179.34
5.03%$0.01017851
3.02%$0.04578867
51.58%$0.07445
14.16%$0.248187
10.21%$260.87
6.67%$0.99773
0.17%$0.00011774
17.33%$42.27
11.20%$0.674243
-3.39%$0.753972
14.12%$3,181.14
5.01%$2,565.35
-0.06%$2.12
4.65%$0.673055
9.14%$18.63
12.19%$0.00893589
4.29%$2.50
-5.12%$0.01344575
7.57%$1.34
10.95%$1.33
8.14%$219.12
3.21%$0.167136
12.79%$33.23
7.63%$0.592479
-3.22%$0.582822
2.33%$3,439.90
4.86%$0.083227
10.13%$1.69
12.98%$0.149453
9.83%$1.95
8.16%$1.09
6.64%$0.081781
-2.11%$1.49
8.25%$4.44
7.73%$0.00000025
5.76%$9.27
6.58%$1.00
-0.07%$91,085.00
1.58%$3,174.76
4.81%$0.259232
13.86%$0.00519482
11.55%$0.00150519
3.12%$0.512911
-14.05%$2,571.18
0.05%$0.0000005
6.01%$0.999578
0.18%$3,170.89
4.78%$0.050239
3.30%$2.54
8.96%$0.257519
9.15%$0.158492
10.01%$89,987.00
0.89%$0.063157
10.19%$52.24
10.03%$3,176.83
4.85%$90,860.00
1.66%$0.419315
8.61%$0.365423
30.06%$8.98
10.22%$1.065
0.28%$0.01448055
10.09%$0.054902
16.49%$0.999545
-0.02%$3,179.51
4.87%$0.062349
9.88%$0.00519374
24.98%$0.00127745
20.13%$0.995117
5.59%$3,410.16
5.22%$99.42
1.41%$11.46
13.46%$3.69
9.12%$6.71
0.86%$0.997997
0.47%$0.00
3.79%$0.315528
12.88%$0.04243312
8.33%$1.067
-0.21%$3,312.40
5.49%$0.02279449
-8.51%$0.00738937
10.55%$3.60
13.89%$0.388231
18.37%$0.749806
4.01%$0.00215606
11.11%$0.0197808
13.23%$3,506.81
5.24%$0.671657
12.47%$1.003
0.06%$1,832.82
1.79%$29.91
13.15%$0.358236
8.16%$1.001
0.13%$1.66
8.02%$2.75
1.18%$90,961.00
1.83%$0.503111
10.10%$41.05
9.69%$3,360.63
4.44%$0.00005143
7.62%$0.03480723
4.66%$21.69
14.63%$1.64
11.33%$4.34
7.87%$0.396273
13.44%$0.303239
23.56%$0.0006496
5.40%$0.80548
4.33%$5.11
17.76%$3.14
11.94%$90,463.00
1.66%$0.677456
4.24%$0.371887
11.63%$0.064898
2.70%$0.29671
20.47%
Crypto enthusiasts have discovered an erroneous transaction of 28,050 tokens from decentralized finance (DeFi) project AAVE—worth roughly $1.1 million today—that resulted in their irreversible loss due to a wrong receiver’s address.
Someone just lost $1,134,905 (~3029.40 ETH)! 28,050.04 AAVE lost forever, transferred to contract itself https://t.co/mir85gRptd
— TokenOops (@TokenOops) October 19, 2020
According to Etherscan, the transfer took place on October 3 but remained largely unnoticed until today. It was discovered by TokenOops, a service that tracks “ERC20 tokens sent to the ERC20 token address itself,” after which it’s impossible to extract them.
For some reason, the sender of 28,050 AAVE didn’t take into account that they were transferring tokens not to their own wallet, but to the address of the AAVE token smart contract. As a result, more than $1 million in digital assets got permanently locked on the blockchain.
“The key here being that the AAVE was transferred to the address of the contract itself, and not another account,” explained Chase Wright, enterprise architect at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. “It would be like mailing a letter to the post office's address instead of the address you wanted to send it to. Only there is no ‘return to sender’ option.”
The key here being that the AAVE was transferred to the address of the contract itself, and not another account...
It would be like mailing a letter to the post office's address instead of the address you wanted to send it to.
Only there is no "return to sender" option.
— Chase Wright (@mysticryuujin) October 19, 2020
According to TokenOops, similar erroneous transactions frequently occur; however, they usually amount to no more than a few hundred dollars. Not all such transactions are made in error, though; some people deliberately send small amounts of tokens to inactive or inaccessible addresses (such as the Bitcoin genesis block address), “sacrificing” them as a tribute or statement.
While DeFi is on the rise lately, its potentially high yields are often fraught with even greater risks. For example, while launching its token swap service, Crypto.com has recently stressed the dangers of DeFi assets, naming “Partial or total loss of virtual assets” and “Collapse in liquidity with respect to virtual assets” among the many things that could go wrong.
It looks like user error should also be near the top of DeFi’s risks list.
All may not be lost for the luckless AAVE holder, however. A number of members of the AAVE community have contributed to a thread in the project's governance forum suggesting that a formal proposal be made to restore the funds to the user in question.
