Gnosis Chain Warns of Validator Penalty
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Key Notes Gnosis Chain node operators who refuse to follow the hard fork to recover Balancer funds will face penalties that range from staking rewards halts to, potentially, slashing. The hard fork happened following Philippe Schommer’s post on December 12, executed on December 22 with the network upgrade. The community was divided and experts worried about setting a precedent: “Do we hard fork for every hack?” Ignas DeFi questioned. Gnosis Chain GNO $122.4 24h volatility: 1.4% Market cap: $323.10 M Vol. 24h: $5.79 M executed, on December 22, a governance-approved hard fork to recover around $9.4 million of the frozen funds from the Balancer hack. Passed one day of the execution, the Gnosis official account warned “remaining validators” to upgrade and “avoid penalties.” On December 12, Gnosis’ head of infrastructure Philippe Schommers explained in a governance forum post that “contributors, validators and other stakeholders have been working on a hard fork” to recover funds previously frozen on the Gnosis Chain. The freezing happened following a validators-approved soft fork in November 2025, addressing part of the funds identified as belonging to the Balancer exploit’s attacker. Balance hack: hard fork proposal on Dec. 12, 2025. | Source: Gnosis Governance Forum As planned, Gnosis node operators had ten days to upgrade, executing the hard fork that allowed for the funds’ seizure. Earlier this year, the Sui SUI $1.44 24h volatility: 2.5% Market cap: $5.37 B Vol. 24h: $530.34 M network faced a setback following the CETUS hack. The Sui Foundation, Cetus Protocol, and OtterSec gained community approval to use a special signature to seize the attacker’s funds, recovering part of the losses. Following this series of developments, the Gnosis Chain has now posted a warning on X to all “remaining” validators to upgrade their nodes accordingly. Not upgrading would result in penalties, executed…
