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> For example, if I sell a broad market ETF like VTI and buy a nearly identical asset at the same price from a different firm, that could be a "wash trade" for tax purposes (simplifying this, but this is basically the gist).

No, you’re describing the wash sale rule, which has to do with which capital losses are tax deductible. It covers pairs of trades up to 30 days apart.

A wash trade is a trade with yourself. Both participants in the same trade — not two distinct trades.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/washtrading.asp

I was confused what "dss-flash" was so I looked it up.

It's a DAO that enables you to mint infinite DAI (some crappy "stablecoin") for a transaction as long as you pay it back in the same transaction.

One of the stated goals of this "feature" is

> Exploits requiring a large amount of capital will be found quicker which makes the DeFi space safer overall.

Ah yes, intentionally making your own product less secure and more open to abuse, so you can make it more secure. Good work. This is taking testing in production to a whole new level.

Like a bug bounty?

Like a bug bounty where you give attackers an SSH login.

This is not what the paper means. They mean a trade between two colluding parties to give the appearance of a trade.