a16z voted against Proposal 31. We voted this direction for two reasons:
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As many others have commented on, the selection of a bridge provider for cross-chain governance messaging should be a comprehensive, structured process that allows for equal comparative analysis between each option. While that didn’t fully occur for this vote, @devinwalsh’s new cross-chain bridge assessment process can help to solve this moving forward. Given the number of possible upcoming bridge deployments, we agree that it’s important to have an independent third party weigh in with their relevant experience and expertise. Consequently, our vote against this proposal is to reset the Binance Uniswap v3 deployment process until the formal assessment is completed.
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Second, we do not believe Wormhole offers the most secure or decentralized bridging option. The Wormhole bridge suffered a $326M exploit last year. The bridge then had another critical vulnerability that put all $1.8B TVL at risk. Wormhole has since reduced their maximum bug bounty from $10M to $2.5M. Additionally, the Uniswap DAO will not have the ability to run and control the bridge independently if Wormhole is selected as the provider. We believe this is an equally important factor to consider.
As Uniswap token holders, we are ultimately interested in the long-term success of the Uniswap protocol. We hope to see the Binance deployment process restarted so that all bridge providers can participate in a formal assessment process. We will evaluate all bridge providers in good faith and subsequently vote in the best interest of the Uniswap protocol’s future growth and success.