Polygon developers propose a hard fork to forcibly zero out hacker wallets and recover $6.5 million in stolen POL tokens from recent Binance and Polymarket hacks. This controversial move breaks the core Web3 principle that transactions are irreversible, aiming to protect major players and the network's stability. The community is voting on the proposal, with major validators supporting it, and if approved, the fork will be implemented after testing, forcing all nodes to update or face isolation from the main network.
Polygon (POL) trades at Rp1.780 on Pluang, up 2.83% as of Nov 05, 2026 16:52 WIB. The market cap stands at Rp19,02T with a 24-hour volume of Rp1,98T. Binance Coin (BNB) is priced at Rp12.940.849, rising 1.74%, with a market cap of Rp1.700,3T and 24-hour volume Rp27,61T. Typical hold times are 79 days for POL and 90 days for BNB.
Polygon is proposing a hard fork to move 70.49 million stolen POL tokens, worth about $6.5 million, taken in separate hacks of Polymarket and Binance in late October. The current blocklist freezing these funds is seen as a temporary and incomplete so...
Polygon developers propose a hard fork to reverse stolen tokens worth about $7 million from five attacker-controlled addresses linked to Binance and Polymarket breaches. The fork would zero out these addresses and return the tokens to verified recove...
