Thorchen developer Pluto announced his departure after a vote to prevent transactions related to North Korean hackers. A verifier is also threatening to exit until the protocol can stop the flow of hacker funds.
recently PostPluto announced that he would no longer contribute to Thorchen. ” However, the core developer said that he would be available to nine places until I need “and pledge to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities.
Although Pluto did not specify the reason why he decided to leave the protocol, the verification TCB quoted the developer’s post as his own, saying that they would also get out of the protocol if the thorcha team “fails to adopt a solution rapidly to stop the NK” ” [North Korean hacker] Flows. ,
Earlier, TCB Said He was one of the three verifications who voted on the protocol to prevent the Etharium (ETH) trading on the protocol to prevent the flow of funds from the North Korean Hacking Group Lazarus Group.
On 27 February, Thorchen developer Oleg Petrov Confirmed The vote was returned “within minutes”.
A few days ago, Pluto informed the followers that the team was actively working towards implementing screening services to prevent the flow of illegal money from passing through the protocol.
As data On Lukanchen, the buybit hacker is using Thorchen to process stolen funds from one of the largest hacks made so far in the crypto space. A post published on 28 February indicated that the Bibit hacker has looted a total of 270,000 ETHs ($ 605 million) or 54% of the stolen funds through a cross-chain swap protocol.
As the previously reported by Crypto.news, the flow of stolen funds through the protocol increased its trading volume to $ 2.91 billion and generated $ 3 million in the fee revenue in just five days. Press on time, protocol Daily business quantity When the average daily trading volume before the bibit hack was $ 80 million, it has reached $ 650 million.
Thorchen founder’s response
Thorchain founder John-Paul Thorbornsen Reactive For controversy about the departure of developers per vote and the departure of developers on your X account. He said that he was one who recommended the nodes to continue trading.
In addition, he also claimed that any hacker address listed by the Foreign Assets Control and FBI office has never interacted with Thorchain and “he has not been served by any authority, nor is it known about any node.”
“I will support my nodes to run a stable refusal list on OFAC/FBI lists,” Thorbornsen said, if they feel comfortable, but I will not support a non-perception 3 party, which is dynamic updating the list at the protocol level, “said Thorbrurnasen.
In a different PostHe said that Thorchen “does not rob money” and that traders can track atherium to bitcoin (BTC) and swap themselves and see where they end.
“They usually go to CEX where they are swapped for fiat. Report the deposit to CEX, ”Thorbjornsen wrote.
