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MEV ALERT: EXPLOIT

“Risk-Free” Piracy: How a priority loophole cost the community 200+ TAO ?

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Jan 16, 2026
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The alert issued by TaoAlert today has reached the highest levels of the ecosystem. Jacob Steeves, founder of Bittensor, has just confirmed the nature of the exploit used to siphon over 200 TAO.

The Exploit: “Ghost” Transactions

This wasn’t a brute-force attack, but a sophisticated manipulation of transaction priority on-chain.

“It was an interesting explo…

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