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An exploit that uses flash loans to borrow massive amounts without collateral, manipulate markets or protocol mechanics within a single transaction, profit from the manipulation, repay the loan, and keep the profit.
Definition
An exploit that uses flash loans to borrow massive amounts without collateral, manipulate markets or protocol mechanics within a single transaction, profit from the manipulation, repay the loan, and keep the profit. All of this happens atomically, meaning it either all succeeds or all reverts.
Related Terms
An uncollateralized loan that must be borrowed and repaid within a single blockchain transaction.
An attack where a hacker manipulates the price data that oracles feed to smart contracts.
A smart contract vulnerability where an attacker calls back into the vulnerable contract before the first function call finishes, draining funds repeatedly.
A DEX aggregator that splits trades across multiple decentralized exchanges to find the best overall price.
One of the biggest lending and borrowing protocols in DeFi.
A cross-chain bridge that uses an optimistic verification system and a network of relayers to move tokens between chains quickly.
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