While using Optics V1, I made a mistake during the bridging process on Celoscan by entering the wrong format in the address parameter. Unfortunately, this could result in the funds becoming unrecoverable.
While searching for a solution, I discovered that the transaction might be reversible using Optics Recovery Mode. This process involves the community Optics v2 Multisig, which has access to the Recovery Manager as detailed in this thread: Optics Recovery Mode. The Multisig signers are listed here: Optics Recovery Signers.
As the funds represent a significant amount to me, I kindly ask for your support in recovering them. Therefore I propose putting the bridge in Recovery Mode to reverse the transaction.
Any guidance or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Can you share more details about the transaction that you are referring to so I can forward your request to the Optics multisig owners? Which chains were you sending between and from what address. Also, what was the mistake?
Thanks for your response.
Would it be possible for me to disclose this in private (for certain reasons)?
I’ve sent you a friend request from ‘tqt’ / ‘TQT#7935’ on Discord.
I checked with ChatGPT and it said the following things must be done for the reversal (if this is correct). Hopefully there’s still enough signers active
The only tool that can stop it
Contract Critical function Who can call it GovernanceRouter (0xdfb2a95900d6b7c8aa95f2e46563a5fcfb5505a1) initiateRecoveryTimelock() → wait 6 h → setRouterLocal(6648936, 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000) RecoveryManager multisig (4 / 7 signers) Ethereum (ETH) Blockchain Explorer
Step 1 – Trigger recovery mode. Multisig calls initiateRecoveryTimelock(). A 6-hour clock starts. Step 2 – Disable the Replica. After the timelock, they call setRouterLocal(, 0x0). That cuts the wire: every queued message (including yours) now reverts instead of executing. How the actual “reversal” happens Stopping the message just freezes it.
To get your tokens back the multisig has to manually unlock the assets that are still sitting in the BridgeRouter on the origin chain:
Verify balance – your tokens are still on the origin BridgeRouter’s balance because the send() call only locked them.
Direct transfer / bridge-back – the multisig can either call the underlying ERC-20’s transfer() from the BridgeRouter to your wallet, or craft a fresh send() that mints the tokens back to you on the origin chain.
Exit recovery – once the refund is done they can call exitRecovery() to reopen the bridge if they wish.
Please let me know if the rescue is possible, the amount now almost totals 30k which means a lot to me.
If it’s not feasible, I’d understand and try to live with it. Atleast I won’t live with false hope.
Hi @KateNora ,
Due to personal circumstances I would need the stuck tokens by end of the year.
Do you think this is possible?
I’m a bit worried since I’ve asked around but the people I know from the multisig haven’t been aware of anything and also because I haven’t been asked for more details by the team.
I’m reaching out again regarding my pending transaction that was processed about 9 days ago. From what I can tell, all pending transactions (including mine) were pushed through in a batch, and I’m assuming this was done by the team.
Unfortunately, this particular transaction was the one I had repeatedly asked to have reverted/cancelled before execution. Because it was processed anyway, my losses have now increased to a total of roughly $23,000. I want to be clear that I’m not trying to dodge responsibility where it’s mine — the original bridging mistake was my fault — but the situation originated because the Optics bridge frontend had been non-functional for quite some time, leaving me without a reliable way to bridge back.
What’s most frustrating is that I’ve been asking for help on this issue for nearly 11 months through multiple channels (forum, discords, twitter, dms). I raised the exact concern multiple times: that this transaction should not be executed and that I needed assistance to revert it but no one ever reached out to me (as seen in my previous post, no one has asked me for more details). I never received a resolution or a clear path forward, and then the transaction was suddenly processed without warning.
Given the long delay in support and the fact that I explicitly requested intervention before the transaction was executed, I’m asking you to please review this case for a refund or reimbursement (full or partial). I’m not expecting special treatment — just a fair reconsideration based on the timeline and circumstances.
How the actual “reversal” happens Stopping the message just freezes it.