Dossier
economic attack surfaces
Coverage of economic attack surfaces in the Nexus archive.
- Most DeFi exploits aren’t bugs, they’re design problems
The article highlights that many DeFi exploits arise from flawed economic designs rather than coding bugs, emphasizing vulnerabilities in incentive structures, pricing mechanisms, and transaction strategies. It argues traditional audits miss these risks, advocating for economic simulations and adversarial testing to uncover hidden attack surfaces.