Millions Stuck In Bridge Contracts Including Vitalik Buterin's Funds

TL;DR Multiple significant wallets have millions of dollars trapped in bridge contracts. Vitalik Buterin is among those affected. The funds were either forgotten or trapped in at least two major bridge contracts, according to Arkham's report. The situation highlights the need to understand these contracts and take measures to protect assets.

Arkham Research tagged and notified wallet owners to look at these addresses and retrieve their funds, which have been stuck for months.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, reportedly has over $1 million trapped in the Optimism bridge, a situation highlighted in a broader analysis by Arkham, which exposes numerous wallets with significant funds locked on various bridge contracts. Among these, a wallet associated with Bofur Capital has $1.

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, reportedly has over $1 million trapped in the Optimism bridge.

One of the wallets includes $1.05 million worth of funds stuck in the Optimism bridge contract, which previously received ETH from Vitalik Buterin.