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Glossary

Governance attack

Acquiring enough voting power to pass a proposal that benefits the attacker, rather than exploiting a code defect.

Why it matters

Nothing is broken; the protocol does what its holders instructed. Where voting power can be borrowed within one transaction via a flash loan and execution is immediate, the cost of a majority collapses to a fee.

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