DeFi· ★★★· neutral·

THORChain Co-Founder: Neutral Networks Can't Choose Who Transacts

  • —THORChain declined to freeze hacker-linked wallets after the $388M Bitget exploit
  • —Barraford: no function to selectively blacklist addresses exists or was ever built
  • —The only mechanism is an emergency halt of the entire network, not a single transaction
  • —He says recovery happens at fiat off-ramps, not at the DEX swap layer
Why it matters: The DeFi censorship debate is intensifying, and THORChain's refusal to block stolen funds raises pressure on permissionless protocols.
Source: Cryptonews.net