The Security Paradox of Web3: Why We Need to Redefine "Infrastructure"

When every on-chain interaction could become the starting point for an asset to drop to zero, can we still call Web3 the "internet of the future"?

Author: White Hat

An Awakening Worth 2.4 Billion Dollars

In the first half of 2025, the security losses in the Web3 ecosystem reached 2.47 billion dollars, surpassing the total loss for the entire year of 2024. This is not just a number, but the real loss of at least 324,000 users, representing the shattered dreams of millions regarding decentralized finance.

The harsher reality is that the vast majority of these losses could have been avoided.

In the traditional internet, users never had to determine whether their bank accounts would be stolen before clicking on a link. HTTPS protocols, firewalls, and antivirus software—these "invisible guardians" allow ordinary users to browse, pay, and transact with peace of mind, without needing to become cybersecurity experts.

But in the Web3 world, we require every user to become a contract auditor, token analyst, and risk assessment expert. This is not a technological advancement, but a huge regression in user experience.

The Absence and Reconstruction of Infrastructure

The fundamental problem with Web3 is not that the technology is not advanced enough, but that we have built an ecosystem that lacks "secure defaults."

Imagine if every webpage on the internet required users to manually verify SSL certificates, and every download required users to check for viruses themselves—would the internet be as prosperous as it is today?

This is exactly the current state of Web3. Behind every transaction, every authorization, and every token lies potential risks, and users can only rely on their own experience and community warnings to avoid danger. This "luck-based" security model is destined to fail to support the large-scale adoption of Web3.

GoPlus Security is building a "security foundation" similar to HTTPS for Web3 - a native on-chain ecosystem that can be called by any protocol, providing end-to-end security infrastructure network that serves both project parties and users.

Full lifecycle protection from asset issuance to user interaction

Traditional Web3 security solutions are mostly "reactive" - contracts are audited only after being attacked, and users are notified only after being stolen. This model is always slower than the innovation speed of attackers.

GoPlus's innovation lies in redesigning the security architecture from the perspective of the "asset lifecycle":

• During the asset issuance phase, the SafeToken Protocol provides open-source audited contract templates and automated deployment tools, ensuring that each token has built-in anti-malicious logic, permission control, and a transparent economic model at the time of issuance.
• During the liquidity management phase, SafeToken Locker uses multi-signature control and a flexible unlocking mechanism to ensure that "locking" is no longer a mere "formalism" that can be easily modified, but a truly trustworthy commitment.
• In the asset trading security phase, GoPlus Intelligence provides AI-driven risk assessments for every transaction, every authorization, and every signature through real-time analysis covering 40+ chains, including token security analysis, malicious address detection, and phishing website identification.

This is not three independent products, but rather a complete security closed loop.

Rebuilding Trust Behind 30 Million Calls

Numbers are often more persuasive than promotions. Over 30 million API calls daily, protection for 28M+ wallet users, and deep integration by mainstream wallets, exchanges, and market websites—these numbers reflect the industry's urgent need for standardized security infrastructure.

When Binance chose to integrate GoPlus's risk detection API, when mainstream wallets made security prompts a standard feature, and when exchanges began providing security ratings for tokens—these all demonstrate a trend: Web3 is transitioning from "barbaric growth" to "standardized development."

GoPlus is becoming the infrastructure provider for this standardization.

Redefining the Security Paradigm of Web3

We need to acknowledge a fact: it is unrealistic and unnecessary to make every user a security expert.

In the Web2 era, we don’t need every user to understand the TCP/IP protocol, but they can safely use the internet. In the Web3 era, we should not require every user to understand the execution logic of smart contracts, but they should be able to safely engage in on-chain interactions.

GoPlus is building a panoramic security network that spans the user layer, application layer, and protocol layer:

• Users do not need to be contract experts to safely conduct each transaction.
• Project teams can obtain standardized security guarantees without needing to reinvent the security wheel.
• The protocol layer does not need to build a separate protection mechanism to have native risk identification capabilities.

This is an inevitable trend in the development of Web3. Just as HTTPS became the standard protocol for Web2, standardized security infrastructure will become an essential component of Web3.

The value of infrastructure lies in "silent protection"

True infrastructure is never meant to be flaunted, but rather to be forgotten.

We don't thank HTTPS every time we use the internet, nor do we thank the telecommunications infrastructure every time we make a call, or thank the power grid every time we use electricity. Good infrastructure should be seamless, default, and reliable.

GoPlus's vision is just that: to not rely on user experience, to not increase the development burden, to not change usage habits, and to silently protect everything.

When security becomes the default option for Web3 rather than an optional one, when users can use Web3 applications as safely as they do with traditional internet, and when project teams can focus on innovation rather than security vulnerabilities - that is the true maturity of Web3.

Transitioning from "usable" to "easy to use"

The first decade of Web3 has proven the feasibility of decentralized technology, but it has also exposed significant challenges in user experience. In the next decade, the key to whether Web3 can truly change the world is not the further complexity of technology, but rather a fundamental improvement in user experience.

The improvement of security infrastructure is a prerequisite for this enhancement. Only when users no longer need to constantly worry about asset safety and do not need to conduct complex risk assessments before each interaction can Web3 truly become mainstream.

This is not a technical issue, but an infrastructure issue. GoPlus is addressing not only the current security vulnerabilities but also the future infrastructure development of Web3.

What did the 2.4 billion dollar loss teach us? It taught us that what Web3 needs is not more security tools, but infrastructure like HTTPS.

Only when such infrastructure is truly built can Web3 transform from a playground for geeks and a goldmine for hackers into a digital home for everyone.