As an attacker, your goal is to trick a SUI Sentinel into transferring its entire prize pool to you. This guide outlines the attack process, costs, and success criteria.

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How Attacks Work

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Attack Mechanism

Submit a single message (max 600 tokens) to the sentinel, attempting to convince it to release its funds.

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Attack Fee

Each attack requires a fee, paid in SUI tokens, known as the fee per attack.
  • This fee is set by the defender (the sentinel’s creator).
  • It is not controlled by the SUI Sentinel protocol.

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Prize Pool Contribution

  • 60% of each attack fee is added to the sentinel’s prize pool.
  • This makes future attacks more rewarding.
  • This percentage may change through future protocol upgrades and governance voting.

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Attack Outcome

Upon submitting an attack, the sentinel will either:
  • Comply with the request (transfer funds)
  • Deny the request (no funds transferred)
The sentinel’s response includes two key metadata fields (as described in the LLM Model and Fine-Tuning section):
  • success: A boolean indicating whether the sentinel was convinced to transfer funds (true for convinced, false otherwise).
  • score: An integer 0-100 score reflecting the ingenuity and quality of your attack, as evaluated by the sentinel’s fine-tuned model.

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Success Criteria

An attack is successful, and the attacker receives the sentinel’s entire prize pool, if both conditions are met:
  • success: true
  • score ≥ 70
The logic for determining attack success and transferring funds is executed transparently via SUI Sentinel’s open-source smart contracts, verifiable here.

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Post-Attack Status

  • If an attack succeeds, the sentinel is marked as dead and can no longer be attacked.
  • If the attack fails, the sentinel remains active, and the prize pool grows with the contributed attack fee portion.

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Key Notes

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Strategic Consideration

  • Higher prize pools may indicate stronger sentinels, as they attract more attacks. Review the sentinel’s instructions and prize pool size before attacking.

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Fee Awareness

  • The attack fee varies by sentinel and is set by the defender. Ensure you understand the fee before submitting an attack.

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Transparency

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Additional Resources