BITWU.ETH 🔆|Nov 04, 2026 06:40
There's a technical detail in Binance's hack report that I don't know if you've noticed—
Through EIP-7702, the attacker packaged 50 signature authorizations into a single transaction.
Therefore, even after Binance suspended withdrawals, funds continued to flow out, with a single wallet losing approximately 167,464 ETH + $1.6 billion USDT.
Before EIP-7702, exchange hot wallets were ordinary wallets (EOAs): whoever held the private key held control. The exchange's ability to freeze funds relied on the premise—money wouldn't move unless I signed.
However, EIP-7702 allows EOAs to execute smart contract code.
So the path is:
EOA Hot Wallet
└── Sign a 7702 delegation
└── Account behavior is now determined by the delegated contract code
└── This code can automatically transfer assets
└── Even if the exchange stops signing, it cannot stop it
Now, the industry-wide problem arises:
Binance took nearly 4 hours to discover and remove this malicious delegation. Do other exchanges' custody designs have the same problem?
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