Over the last 24 hours, @1inch has been flooded with misleading posts all stemming from one clickbait mention. With a basic understanding of the TrustedVolumes exploit and how 1inch is architected, most of this confusion could have been avoided. Our architecture makes it technically impossible for a TrustedVolumes vulnerability to affect 1inch users. Atomic swaps do not share custodial infrastructure. There is nothing to bridge across. But what matters here goes beyond one correction. Information moves fast in this industry. Someone reads a post-mortem in passing, reposts it with their own framing, and within hours thousands of people have formed an opinion — including users who are still deciding whether this space is safe to participate in. Established protocols like 1inch can usually absorb that kind of misinformation. Smaller or newer projects often cannot. Before attaching a project to an exploit, understand the architecture behind it. If you're unsure, ask. The consequences of getting it wrong fall on teams and communities that had nothing to do with the incident. We need both speed and accuracy. DeFi projects face enough threats right now, without needing to fear fake ones.

The news surrounding the TrustedVolumes exploit is misleading. So, let me also clarify: neither 1inch nor any of its protocols have been exploited, compromised or affected in any way. There is no risk to our systems, infrastructure or user funds. TrustedVolumes is a liquidity provider used by 1inch, as well as by many others from across the industry. They do not exclusively serve 1inch and provide the same service to multiple protocols. The way this has been reported by many 'sources' on Twitter, as well as by some media outlets, I can only assume is designed to generate clicks and engagement. While it is true that 1inch uses TrustedVolumes as a resolver, we are one of many. The framing of this story is ultimately confusing and harmful. The reputational damage from this is now difficult to reverse, as it is always harder to correct a false narrative than it is to create one. However, we remain one of the most highly audited protocols and we continue to hold ourselves to the highest standards of security. Whilst it is sad that one misleading mention potentially impacts this, we know in the longer-term, the truth and efforts made by our team will prevail. We continue to monitor the situation closely along with our security partners, will assist where appropriate and we will look to correct all those who make unfactual statements on the matter.

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