{"id":20309,"date":"2025-01-14T15:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sonys-soneium-accused-of-blacklisting-undesirable-tokens\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:09:45","slug":"sonys-soneium-accused-of-blacklisting-undesirable-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sonys-soneium-accused-of-blacklisting-undesirable-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony\u2019s Soneium accused of blacklisting \u2018undesirable\u2019 tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Users have accused the developers of Soneium, Sony\u2019s L2, of blocking several tokens and, they say, wiping investors\u2019 balances on launch day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What happened to this token?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zCGmgf0LF6\">https:\/\/t.co\/zCGmgf0LF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you blocking it?<\/p>\n<p>Its page is not accessible on the explorer and transactions that involve the token are getting rejected by the rpc.<\/p>\n<p>We bought this token and now no one can buy\/sell anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Care to explain why?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kiryoko-chan (@0xKiryoko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xKiryoko\/status\/1879010409359065319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to this token? Are you blocking it? Its page is not accessible on the explorer, and transactions with the asset are being rejected by the RPC. We bought this token, but now no one can either buy or sell. Explain?\u201d one commentator on X wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The project said it acted over breaches of its copyright-protection terms. Within hours of the debate spilling onto social media, the team posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/soneium\/status\/1879085691319280040\">message<\/a> linking to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.soneium.org\/docs\/ip-and-contracts-restriction\">rules<\/a> under which certain assets may be blocked.<\/p>\n<p>Soneium\u2019s developers reserve the right to freeze offending smart contracts and remove the corresponding assets from wallets.<\/p>\n<p>One affected token <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AIBO_coin\/status\/1879057463774961865\">was<\/a> Aibo, dedicated to Sony\u2019s eponymous robotic dog. Its creators said they believed they fully complied with the platform\u2019s rules, but accept the company\u2019s concerns and have begun working with Soneium to address the issues.<\/p>\n<p>By the estimate of Time.fun\u2019s founder, known as Kawz, the incident caused Soneium users more than $100,000 in losses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/soneium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@soneium<\/a> rugged users >$100k in ETH on launch day<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ve never seen anything like it<\/p>\n<p>Want to be a permissioned chain? fine. Instead of whitelisting developers, they chose to instead freeze contracts (effectively rugging users)<\/p>\n<p>Amazing launch! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OYWEb7Wiwg\">pic.twitter.com\/OYWEb7Wiwg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kawz (@0xKawz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xKawz\/status\/1879032105767928026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like it. Want to be a permissioned chain? Fine. Instead of whitelisting developers, they chose to freeze contracts (effectively rugging users). Amazing launch!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kawz also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/0xKawz\/status\/1879033008034074675\">provided<\/a> a screenshot of a chat on Soneium\u2019s Discord server, where irate users criticise the project\u2019s policy and suggest blocking the PS2 token under the platform\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXe7EftNxoG4U5f4L33khzzrZxkeZDccDOxgOAnvpkQgW9xDc4tGm0xCYxprIBM-lj3aTG-U4Uk7B2-kP0AqyhtNfRJjBRXC5yovon0ICiSKRGSQhL6Scp78FGq262kUc5W92lAF?key=uNXU8Yv9NpG_ZwWOp-wOR-b8\" alt=\"\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442 Soneium \u043e\u0442 Sony \u043e\u0431\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0435 \u00ab\u043d\u0435\u0443\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0445\u00bb \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0432\" style=\"width:554px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chat on Soneium\u2019s Discord server. Source: X.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The founder of Pump.fun, using the pseudonym Alon, weighed in and suggested such censorship is to be expected from centralised L2 projects.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sony\u2019s new Ethereum L2 is actively blacklisting memecoins they don\u2019t like, instantly nuking everyone\u2019s position to 0<\/p>\n<p>what makes you think that other centralized L2s won\u2019t do the same if push comes to shove?<\/p>\n<p>don\u2019t take your freedoms for granted<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 alon (@a1lon9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a1lon9\/status\/1879038646231429332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhat makes you think that other centralized L2s won\u2019t do the same if push comes to shove? Don\u2019t take your freedoms for granted,\u201d the developer emphasised.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of writing, community members cited at least two tokens as blocked, though confirmation had come only from Aibo\u2019s developers.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, experts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereums-layer-2-solutions-a-double-edged-sword\">concluded<\/a> that Ethereum L2s undermine ether\u2019s monetary appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users have accused the developers of Soneium, Sony\u2019s L2, of blocking several tokens and, they say, wiping investors\u2019 balances on launch day. What happened to this token?https:\/\/t.co\/zCGmgf0LF6 Are you blocking it? Its page is not accessible on the explorer and transactions that involve the token are getting rejected by the rpc. We bought this token [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,1138,1663],"class_list":["post-20309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain","tag-opinions","tag-sony"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"57","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}