$885 000 USD

OCTOBER 2020

GLOBAL

AMPLYFI.MONEY

DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS

The "AmplYfi project [was an] Ample[fo]rth fork." "The Ampleforth protocol translates price-volatility into supply-volatility. This means the number of AMPL tokens in user wallets automatically increases or decreases based on price. These supply adjustments are called "Rebases" and rebases occur once each day. When the AMPL network grows you'll automatically have more tokens, when the AMPL network shrinks you'll automatically have fewer tokens, but the price per AMPL will tend to cycle around $1. This novel rebasing mechanism is what allows AMPL to be used in contracts."

 

"Amplyfi.money made headlines in the sector after collecting 2,500 ETH from investors and then magically disappearing into thin air."

 

The project "[r]ug pulled after collecting 2,500 ETH from investors. According to a message left on the website, the Amplyfi.money team claim that “one of the devs compromised wallet and was able to use a little-known vulnerability in the compiler itself.” It adds that “devs are receiving a fair amount of threats, so we decided to terminate the project.”"

 

"AMPLYFI contract was hacked." "Apparently one of the devs compromised wallet and was able to use a little-known vulnerability in compiler itself." "Devs are receiving a fair amount of threats so we decided to terminate the project"

 

"According to the telegram channel Drops Daily, project gathered during a private sale of 2500 ETH, and then safely scammed. All social networks and chats have been removed at the moment."

AmplyFi was a copy of the well-known AmpleForth protocol, and gained some investment. The project team was anonymous and apparently one of the team members ran away with the funds.

HOW COULD THIS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?

Having a lightweight and reasonable framework for platforms would reduce the need for platforms to launch under the table, and in response, investors would expect greater transparency for who is behind the project.

 

In this case, the funds were purportedly taken by a single team member, so it seems that a multi-signature arrangement would have removed this risk.

 

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