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{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-14T23:15:47.502Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"a6babef8-9ac8-4d4f-a604-63d5d1c488a5","new_score":23,"page_slug":"thorchain","prev_score":23,"reason":"Blue-chip calibration review (Prompt A). Verdict: over-penalized. Page content is treated as accurate; the trust_score band is miscalibrated. THORChain is a legitimate, operating DeFi protocol that does not meet the definition of fraudulent, scam, Ponzi, or exit. The incidents driving the 28/WARNING score fall into three distinct categories: (1) security exploits suffered by the protocol (2021 hacks totaling ~$13M, 2026 GG20 hack at $10.7M) — these are harms done TO the entity; (2) genuine operational negligence in the ThorFi lending product, which created a $200M insolvency that required debt restructuring — this warrants a real deduction; and (3) third-party abuse by Lazarus Group and other hackers who used the protocol's permissionless design to launder stolen funds — THORChain earned fees from this activity but did not initiate or plan the hacks. The page's own timeline documents that developers attempted to block the Bybit laundering but were overruled by node vote, and that ADR-028 governance passed and recovery is underway post-2026 exploit. Under AVOID.NET's post-policy band semantics, WARNING (20-49) is reserved for elevated fraud/loss risk or unresolved severe incidents. The 2025 debt crisis was resolved via TCY restructuring; the 2026 exploit has a governance-approved recovery plan and security patch. The ongoing concern is the permissionless design that makes THORChain a preferred money laundering rail — a real, documented risk but not entity fraud. A score of 52 in CAUTIONARY (50-69) reflects a legitimate protocol with material, partially-resolved incidents and a serious ongoing illicit-use risk that a sophisticated user should understand before interacting with the protocol or its token.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":4,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}