Anndy Lian defends THORChain's technical limitations in blocking stolen funds, explaining that while nodes can halt trading via consensus, implementing surgical per-address blacklisting would require either halting all swaps or deploying code upgrades—constraints inherent to decentralized, permissionless protocols. The discussion follows reports that Bitget exploit funds were routed through THORChain for cross-chain transfers, raising questions about the protocol's responsibility toward known stolen assets.