DAI Liquidation - Compensation

Was the market price of DAI on Coinbase Pro manipulation, or a market dislocation – are we able to ask Coinbase to investigate this? We need to know if one or a few accounts were solely responsible for the price action.

Were impacted users aware of the risk – If we decide to upgrade/improve the oracle system does that mean we acknowledge the current system is inadequate? It seems our own engineers at compound were not fully aware of the oracle vulnerability, which means many users were similarly unaware.

Do impacted users deserve compensation – there is no explicit requirement for compensation, but the social contract question is pertinent here. Why do so many other crypto projects reimburse users after an exploit? Do the affected users have a legitimate shot at class action success if a lawsuit follows? The cost of reimbursement is a low single digit % of compound market cap. The cost sounds low in exchange for putting this liability behind the community. Cost/benefit of reimbursing affected accounts seems attractive in this case.

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