Security· ★★★· neutral·

THORChain co-founder says validators could block Bitget hack laundering, but coordination takes days

  • —Barraford: two-thirds validator consensus on THORChain takes about 3 days on average, up to 2 weeks
  • —Halting swaps requires a vault migration, which also needs consensus and takes 1–2 weeks
  • —Bitget asked THORChain to block addresses after $387.5 million was drained
  • —During the Bybit hack, some validators tried to pause ETH trading but most opposed it
Why it matters: The debate highlights how censorship resistance in decentralized protocols collides with the speed needed to stop stolen funds from being laundered.
Source: Crypto Briefing
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