Following a $4.3M exploit, Alex Labs has revealed a recovery plan to enhance security measures and rebuild community trust.
After a recent security compromise, Alex Labs, a Bitcoin layer-2 (L2) developer, unveiled its strategic plan to reinstate community confidence and resume platform operations.
The re-opening of pools and the implementation of the migration process for its native token and automated market maker (AMM) are two ongoing governance initiatives of the Alex Labs Foundation.
Recovery Process
The Alex Lab Foundation hosted an X Space on May 29, where the team addressed community inquiries, provided updates on the recovery process, and deliberated on governance matters.
“We are committed to restoring trust and resuming operations with enhanced security measures.”
The effort to reopen unaffected pools, including multiple Stacks (STX) pools, and the Treasury Grant Program (TGP), which is critical to the recovery of community assets, are the two ongoing governance considerations for the team.
The TGP governance referendum aims to determine the most beneficial use of the recovered assets and other community resources by presenting five alternatives for community input. Nevertheless, options three and four entail intrinsic hazards on account of the synthetic composition of the proposed remedies.
“The risk is that if stacks price rises above say, $3, or if Alex Price were to drop below $0.13, there would be a shortfall in the collateral. That ratio of 1.5 wouldn’t hold. This could potentially lead to a de-pegging of the synthetic asset.”
Although the community is eager for the platform to reopen “immediately,” the Alex Lab Foundation has stated that “the benefit of reopening the pools must be weighed against the potential risk of doing so.”
Security Measures
The Foundation has implemented security enhancements to deter future exploitation in response to the recent breach.
These measures consist of collaborating with legal entities to recover the remaining misappropriated funds, forming a partnership with Kaamel Technology “to investigate the incident,” and integrating a new smart-contract-based multisig security audit.
“Based on the movement of the stolen user assets by the attacker, we are working closely with our legal counsel, local law enforcement agencies, and centralized exchanges to locate, freeze and recover those stolen assets.”
Continuous Interaction
As time passes, the Alex Labs Foundation will “conduct a succession of AMAs,” the organization informed the community.
“If [the community] have any more questions, particularly related to what we are doing, what the team is trying to do, please feel free to put your question in our Twitter, in our Telegram, and most importantly, please participate in the governance discussion.”
Until June 2 at 3:30 pm UTC, the governance ballots will determine the future administration of located, frozen, and recovered user funds.