TechFlow news, December 1 — According to an official announcement, decentralized security project Hats Finance announced on X that Hats.finance will permanently shut down its hosted operations, as it considers maintaining a centralized user interface (UI) and servers unsustainable. There are currently no plans to adopt a new legal or operational framework to continue this hosted infrastructure.
The current plan is as follows: The Hats.finance hosted frontend and backend (UI and servers) are expected to go offline by December 31, 2025, with most functionalities relying on this hosted infrastructure to be gradually phased out. The Hats protocol remains deployed on-chain and governed by the DAO, with core contracts designed to operate perpetually as coded. A frontend version hosted on IPFS is currently available, and users may access it via public gateways as long as the service remains active. However, due to the cessation of payments to current fixed service providers (such as Pinata), continued availability and performance cannot be guaranteed. Users may submit withdrawal requests through the hosted UI before December 17; after that date, withdrawals must be processed by directly interacting with the contract.
