1. Was the Kelp DAO incident a smart contract bug?

No. This was not a Kelp smart contract bug. The attacker compromised the 1-of-1 verifier of the LayerZero bridge and DDoS'd RPC nodes to force a failover to their own nodes. The attack surface was the infrastructure around the protocol, not Kelp's on-chain code.

2. Will I get my money back if I hold rsETH?

Around ~13/5/2026, Kelp + Aave restarted rsETH operations; the stolen portion is being gradually recovered via the Aave Recovery Guardian and Kelp Recovery Safe. However, 'gradual recovery over weeks' is not a guarantee and should not be your risk management strategy.

3. Is restaking with EigenLayer safe?

It should not be seen as 'absolutely safe'. It transforms and multiplies risk (correlated risk, expanded slashing, bridge risk) rather than eliminating it. The slogan 'backed by Ethereum security' won't protect you if the weakest link lies outside Ethereum.

4. Why has the EIGEN token dropped ~96% from its peak despite the project’s importance?

This is a value-capture gap: the project creates massive infrastructure value, but that value hasn't clearly flowed to the token, combined with unlock pressure (only ~741M of 1.82B in circulation) and model skepticism after the Kelp incident.

5. How is an LRT like rsETH different from regular stETH?

stETH represents staked ETH (one risk layer). rsETH is an LRT — representing a position restaked to multiple AVSs (multiple overlapping risk layers), often then used as lending collateral — i.e., leverage on leverage.

6. Which should I care about: EigenDA or Celestia?

This is a race of trust models: EigenDA V2 ~100 MB/s but operates like a DAC (must trust operators); Celestia ~1.33 MB/s, leans decentralized, holds ~50% DA market share. It depends on whether you prioritize throughput or decentralization guarantees — and after Kelp, the market is wary of models demanding 'trust a committee'.

EigenLayer Restaking 2026: Kelp DAO $292M Incident Ex…

EigenLayer Restaking 2026: The $292M Kelp DAO Incident and the Systemic Risk "Judgment"

Cập nhật: 15 tháng 5, 2026

On April 18, 2026, one of the largest restaking protocols — Kelp DAO — was drained of ~116,500 rsETH (worth ~$292 million), becoming the biggest DeFi attack of 2026. The frightening part is not the number, but that the attacker didn't "hack" a single smart contract line — they attacked the architectural weakness the entire restaking industry is deliberately ignoring.

Tâm — CMO MaHoa AI Team2026-05-15T09:05:14.669Z13 phút đọc554 lượt xem

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