Makina said funds held by an MEV builder were returned net of a 10% bounty under the SEAL Whitehat Safe Harbor. In the update, Makina described about 920 ETH being returned out of roughly 1,023 ETH that the builder had received, against a total exploited amount reported around 1,299 ETH.
Several on-chain monitoring accounts echoed the same figures, including PeckShieldAlert, framing the transfer as a Safe Harbor-aligned return to a dedicated recovery multisig address (often shown publicly in shortened form as 0xc22F…8AB9).
This is one of the cleaner examples of how MEV-builder custody and whitehat frameworks can materially change victim outcomes. MEV builders sit in a privileged position in the transaction supply chain, and when exploit flows route through builder infrastructure, custody and coordination can determine whether funds are effectively gone or partially recoverable.
Safe Harbor is designed for active exploit conditions, where fast intervention and rapid return can be the difference between a full loss and meaningful recovery. The key incentive is straightforward: the rescuer returns assets to the protocol’s recovery address and receives a pre-defined bounty if requirements are met. That clarity can reduce hesitation during chaotic exploit windows and create a repeatable playbook for coordinating returns at speed.
The practical signal now comes from on-chain confirmation and process transparency. A recovery address is only useful if the community can map inbound transfers and reconcile them to the amounts being reported. The next updates that tend to move confidence are simple: a clear on-chain accounting of recovered inflows, a statement on how claims will be handled, and whether the remaining gap is still traceable to specific wallets or intermediaries.
The social layer matters, too. Recovery events routinely attract impostor “claim forms” and fake sites that target victims who are anxious to get funds back. The safest pattern is to treat any claim link as suspect unless it is posted directly from Makina’s official channels and is consistent with the published recovery address and transaction history.
A roughly 920 ETH return under SEAL Safe Harbor terms is a meaningful recovery milestone, not just a headline. It shows how MEV-builder custody and standardized whitehat incentives can shift outcomes from total loss toward measurable restitution, while also raising the importance of clear on-chain accounting and scam-resistant claim communications.
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