This thread crystallizes the structural problem we've been observing. Bridge security keeps optimizing the post-hoc layer. The pre-execution attestation gap stays open.
Verifiable origin isn't a feature. It's a category.
Bridge exploits in 2026 aren't accidents anymore. They're a category problem.
Funds keep moving through cryptographically valid transactions — across systems whose ownership and origin assumptions never aligned.
Forensics works. Pre-execution attestation is missing.


