Wang Chun Responds to stakefish Lawsuit: Requiring Validators to Claw Back Rewards Based on Off-Chain Claims Would Set a Dangerous Precedent

Odaily reports that Wang Chun posted on X platform stating that Oleksii Trofimchuk filed a lawsuit against Lido Finance and Stakefish on September 8 in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleging that after his wallet was compromised, competitive MEV bots claimed ETH by submitting high-priority-fee transactions.

Wang Chun stated that as a validator, Stakefish merely packages legitimate transactions according to Ethereum protocol rules, and cannot and should not adjudicate off-chain ownership or competing asset claims. He warned that requiring protocol-compliant validators to claw back rewards based on off-chain claims would force validators to filter transactions based on ownership claims they cannot independently verify, exposing staking rewards to legal uncertainty and undermining Ethereum's decentralization and credible neutrality.