Blockchain Security Expert Warns All DeFi Unsafe as AI Agents Outpace Auditors
OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz warns that AI-driven code exploitation makes all DeFi protocols unsafe, despite pushback from other industry experts.Summary
Manuel Aráoz, co-founder of the security firm OpenZeppelin, has publicly advised exiting DeFi positions, including established protocols like Aave and MakerDAO. He argues that autonomous AI agents have become superior to human auditors at identifying vulnerabilities, creating an "asymmetric" security environment where defenders must fix every bug while attackers only need one to succeed.
Industry peers have countered this pessimistic view, noting that most DeFi losses stem from operational errors and misconfigurations rather than codebase flaws. Critics, including Marc Zeller of the Aave Chan Initiative, suggest that developers will eventually leverage the same AI tools for formal verification to proactively neutralize attack surfaces.
(Source：BeInCrypto)