最新报道：According to CoinWorld, Hats Finance, the proactive bounty protocol for white-hat hackers and auditors, has officially announced the final cessation of its custodial operations. All custodied front-end and back-end services are expected to be decommissioned on December 31, 2025. After careful consideration, the team decided to discontinue centralized user interface and server operations due to concerns about their sustainability. In the process, long-term demand for the HATS token failed to meet expectations, smart contract security budgets did not keep pace with the development of decentralized finance (DeFi), and the rapid advancements in AI security tools and the maturation of secure, reusable smart contract building blocks reduced the continued demand for protocols like Hats. Hats Finance's custodied front-end and back-end (user interface and servers) are expected to cease service on December 31, 2025. Most functionalities relying on this custodial technology stack will be phased out. The Hats protocol remains deployed on-chain and managed by the DAO. The core contracts will continue to operate according to their code. An IPFS version of the front-end is currently available and can be accessed via public gateways as long as this version remains operational (e.g., through fund locking providers or community nodes). Because payments to current fund-locking providers (such as Pinata) will cease, the official team cannot guarantee its continued availability or performance. Users with deposits who wish to withdraw using the escrow user interface are advised to initiate withdrawal requests before December 17, 2025. If this window is missed, users can resubmit the request or interact directly with the contract. Although the core contract will continue to run on-chain and be managed by the DAO, users should be aware of the relevant logic and network conditions.