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Vestra DAO is an Ethereum-based DeFi and SocialFi protocol operating the VSTR token, launched in late 2024. On December 4, 2024, the protocol suffered a critical smart contract exploit in its staking contract that drained approximately $480,000–$500,000 worth of VSTR tokens — an attack that occurred less than one month after the token began trading. Stolen funds were laundered through Tornado Cash, the token price collapsed by roughly 50%, and the project's ability to fully compensate affected users remains unresolved.
Connected Entities
3 entities · 60 linked investigations- Vestra DAO→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
- Vestra DAO→mentioned with→Uniswap(70%)
- Uniswap→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
Timeline(9 events)
March 2023
Vestra DAO project inception date per CertiK records.
5 August 2024
CertiK delivered second security audit; 14 findings identified including 3 major issues; no critical issues flagged.
29 October 2024
CertiK granted Vestra DAO a Gold team verification badge with 4 verified core team members.
November 2024
VSTR token begins trading on Uniswap V3 (approximate date, approximately one month before the exploit).
4 November 2024
Attacker stakes 500,000 VSTR in the locked staking contract, beginning a one-month preparation phase for the exploit.
4 December 2024
Exploit executed: attacker repeatedly called unStake() on an inactive staking position, draining approximately 73,720,000 VSTR (~$480,000–$500,000). VSTR price collapsed from ~$0.013 to ~$0.005.
5 December 2024
Vestra DAO team publicly acknowledged the exploit on X, blacklisted the compromised staking contract, and offered attacker a 20% white-hat bounty. Stolen ETH (~125 ETH) began moving through Tornado Cash.
6 December 2024
Multiple crypto news outlets report on the incident. Team announces removal of 755,631,188 VSTR from circulation to protect tokenomics. Bounty negotiations with attacker fail.
April 2025
Brolyz SocialFi platform open beta launch was scheduled per roadmap; independent verification of delivery is not available in public sources.
Decision Log
- hash: 5dHkjdz1mbuGVcyCvRQifSjw3LqoSHz1SFtpuyGeTMgX
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 13 of 16 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:27 AM
last updated: 8/29/2026, 11:26:13 PM
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