Cryptocurrency

"Crypto collective raises $40 million to buy rare copy of U.S. Constitution"

2021-11-14 [vendor] ConstitutionDAO fails [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

ConstitutionDAO emerged out of a Twitter joke, but ultimately raised more than $40 million to bid on an auction for a rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution. After being outbid by a hedge fund CEO, the group refunded all donations. However, there was enormous infighting over things like the possible value of the governance token (named $PEOPLE), and enormous gas fees taking up much of the money that people were supposed to be refunded. Ultimately, the DAO closed down without a single vote being cast.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
ConstitutionDAO fails

Timeline

  1. 2021-11-14 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-11-14 Publicly disclosed