According to Golden Finance, THORChain core developer Pluto announced that he would leave the project immediately to end his four-year contribution. Pluto said it will continue to support Nine Realms to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Meanwhile, community member TCB also said that he would also withdraw if THORChain does not quickly adopt a solution to block North Korean capital flows. TCB notes that the beliefs of the THORChain community are disconnected from the actual operational situation, “for a long time, people responsible for communication and those who maintain the network have held different views.” TCB questioned the degree of decentralization of THORChain, who believes that THORChain's infrastructure and user traffic are mainly controlled by a few participants, making it difficult to achieve true decentralization and censorship resistance. "The companies running the development team are American companies, and the developers are mostly Americans, and they are also the largest infrastructure providers. Other large infrastructure providers are also North Americans."