Polygon Weighs Controversial Hard Fork After $6.5M POL Theft: Risks, Rewards, and Fallout

Polygon proposes a hard fork to recover $6.5 million in stolen POL. Stolen tokens would move from attacker wallets to verified recovery addresses. Proposal sparks debate over decentralization, ownership rights, and blockchain immutability. A fresh debate has erupted across the Polygon community after a proposal surfaced to recover stolen POL tokens worth roughly $6.5 million. The plan follows two separate security incidents involving…