This Polkadot Exploit is Massive ⚠️

It cost $0.74 in gas to mint 1 billion FAKE $DOT tokens.
One transaction with forged proof and zero resistance.
Here's how it happened 👇
> Hyperbridge is Polkadot's flagship bridge to Ethereum.
> Built by Polytope Labs.
> Marketed as the secure alternative to Ronin and Wormhole.
> Their whole pitch? Cryptographic proofs.
> Then they deployed to production with the challenge period set to zero.
> That means no dispute window or safety delay.
> Any forged proof gets accepted instantly in the same block.
> An attacker spent months preparing 👀
> Used RAILGUN privacy routing.
> Deployed test contracts weeks in advance.
> Then executed the entire exploit in one atomic transaction.
> Forged a consensus proof and unverified client accepted it.
> Took admin control of the bridged DOT contract.
> Minted 1 billion tokens.
> Dumped everything for 108 ETH ($237K).
Gone.
The consensus client had no public source code and no one could verify it.
Because the challenge window was literally zero seconds.
DOT dropped 7% in minutes and suspended transfers.
Should you really be worried as a holder?
Native Polkadot was never touched.
Your $DOT on the relay chain is safe.
But if the bridge built to be "unhackable" ships with its safety systems turned off, what does that say about everything else you're trusting?
Proofs over promises only works if you actually use them.