Ah, blockchain-where freedom meets… unexpected surprises. 🤷♀️ A new report by Bybit’s Lazarus Security Lab found that 16 major blockchains can freeze funds, and 19 more could do it with minor changes. Because nothing says “decentralized” like a sudden account lockdown. 🚫💸
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Major blockchains with account-freezing capabilities include BNB, VeChain, Sui, and Aptos. On the other hand, Arbitrum, Cosmos, Axelar, Babylon, Celestia, and Kava are among the 19 blockchains that can easily enable freezing capabilities with relatively minor protocol changes. Because why not? 🛠️
BNB, VeChain have already frozen accounts after hacks
Five major blockchains, BNB, VeChain, CHILIZ, VIC, and XDC, used hardcoded freezing. This means that freezing capabilities are implemented directly in the blockchain’s security code. Notably, some of them have already used this ability. 🤯
BNB (BNB) froze addresses after a $570 million cross-chain bridge hack in 2022. Because nothing says “security” like a 2022 cross-chain bridge disaster. 🧨 The second example is VeChain (VET), which added 469 hacker addresses to a public blocklist after the Foundation was hacked for $6.6M VET tokens in 2019. Because who doesn’t want a blockchain that’s basically a 2019 crime scene? 🕵️♀️
Ten other blockchains, including Sui and Aptos, can freeze funds via configuration files managed by validators. These types of blacklists require a node restart to take effect. Because nothing says “decentralized” like needing a node restart to block someone. ⚙️
Notably, Sui (SUI) froze $162 million after the Cetus DEX hack in 2025. Because nothing says “innovation” like a 2025 hack that freezes your life savings. 💸
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