Message to Optimism community from Wintermute

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There is no transparency. The mistake was hidden from the public before the token launch. Even after the exploit happened, Optimism team hid this information for additional 2 days while insiders sold OP tokens and caused 40% dump.

I want the community to continue investigation and urge Optimism team to clarify.

(1) Why did it take 2 additional days after the exploit on June 6th to disclose the information?

(2) Was there insiders who, based on information about the exploit not yet available to the public, sold OP tokens before the public announcement on June 8th?

Please find the details in the following post:

Information Disclosure Request for 20M OP Exploit - Was There Insider Trading? What Happened Behind The Scenes?

I collected relevant public available information in retrospective and worked out a timeline of the exploit. From these information combined with OP token price history, I strongly suspect there was insider trading. Insiders were aware of the exploit 2 days earlier than public disclosure. A summary of timeline: Key information: “Wintermute notified us that someone else had taken control of the address on June 06”, as posted by @jinglejamOP Briefly speaking, Optimism team was notified by …