Analysis: How Did Sui Officy Freeze $160M from a Hacker? By @tmel0211

Validators implemented transaction filtering at the mempool stage to ignore transactions from hacker addresses, leveraging the Move object model where validators control transaction packaging. The discussion also highlights Sui may have a built - in denylist mechanism, with potential centralization risks as most validators need to act in unison. This raises questions about the tradeoff between decentralization and emergency response, the subjectivity of freeze standards, and the impact on censorship resistance. Read more