# $THOR Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — October 05, 2026 > **Asset:** $THOR > **Date:** 2026-10-05 (October 05, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/thor/2026-10-05 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/thor.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Daily Aggregated Metrics - **Daily Views:** 56.5K - **Likes:** 234 - **Retweets:** 32 - **Comments:** 85 - **Posts Tracked:** 12 --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @laurashin > **Author:** Laura Shin ([@laurashin](https://x.com/laurashin)) > **Metrics:** 69 likes · 14 retweets · 37 comments · 26.9K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T21:01:50+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107214705177788491](https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107214705177788491) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "Taylor presses THORChain cofounder Chad Barraford on why the protocol wasn't shut down when stolen funds were nearly 100% of one route Taylor: "Okay, so what happened in this case?So the admin key was used as an interim stop. And then the protocol was upgraded to take the" ### Post #2 by @laurashin > **Author:** Laura Shin ([@laurashin](https://x.com/laurashin)) > **Metrics:** 32 likes · 6 retweets · 18 comments · 10.5K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T21:20:32+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107219411467935844](https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107219411467935844) > **Video Content:** A livestream panel titled 'HOW DECENTRALIZED IS THORCHAIN? LIVE | OCTOBER 5, 2026' featuring speakers Taylor Monahan, Laura Shin, and Chad Barraford, with a ticker showing 'ETH $2,707 +0.27%' and a caption reading 'Today ZachXBT released an investigation in'. > > "THORChain cofounder Chad Barraford reacts to a Chinese crime syndicate recommending THORChain to ZachXBT for money laundering Laura: "Today, ZachXBT released an investigation in which he went undercover and exposed a Chinese crime syndicate that laundered the $1.5 billion in" ### Post #3 by @laurashin > **Author:** Laura Shin ([@laurashin](https://x.com/laurashin)) > **Metrics:** 8 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 5.0K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T19:34:57+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107192841281630670](https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107192841281630670) > **Video Content:** A livestream from Unchained titled 'Could Thorchain Have Helped Bitget?' featuring guests Taylor Monahan, Laura Shin, and Chad Barraford, with a live crypto ticker showing prices for XRP, BNB, and ZEC. > > ""To be clear, the admin key ... doesn't even exist in the codebase today," @CBarraford on THORChain's admin key." ### Post #4 by @laurashin > **Author:** Laura Shin ([@laurashin](https://x.com/laurashin)) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 4.9K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T19:50:09+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107196663303688488](https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107196663303688488) > **Video Content:** A live broadcast panel discussion titled 'HOW DECENTRALIZED IS THORCHAIN?' features three speakers identified on screen as Taylor Monahan (Security Expert), Laura Shin (Founder | Unchained), and Chad Barraford (Co-Founder | Thorchain). > > ""Nobody in our community cherishes or loves when funds are stolen, that is completely ridiculous," @CBarraford on THORChain." ### Post #5 by @laurashin > **Author:** Laura Shin ([@laurashin](https://x.com/laurashin)) > **Metrics:** 7 likes · 1 retweets · 4 comments · 3.4K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T19:31:35+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107191991171776860](https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107191991171776860) > **Video Content:** A livestream titled 'COULD THORCHAIN HAVE HELPED BITGET?' dated 'LIVE | OCTOBER 5, 2026' features three panelists: Taylor Monahan (Security Expert), Laura Shin (Founder, Unchained), and Chad Barraford (Co-Founder, Thorchain). > > ""It's really not an admin key the way we think, it's really more a provisional or interim key ... It doesn't have any authority over the protocol, it can make configuration changes and the nodes can override those changes," @CBarraford on THORChain's admin key." ### Post #6 by @THORChain > **Author:** THORChain ([@THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain)) > **Metrics:** 13 likes · 2 retweets · 2 comments · 1.9K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T10:23:37+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THORChain/status/2107054093772464156](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2107054093772464156) > **Visual Note:** A dark green graphic titled "ECOSYSTEM Recap" features a glowing THORChain lightning bolt logo at the center, surrounded by various circular cryptocurrency and protocol icons—including CALC, Maya, MayaSwap, and others—connected by sweeping green lines. The image visually represents last week's ecosystem updates, highlighting the launch of the $ZEC pool on THORChain, the return of Maya Protocol with v1.133.0, and Mocadot's new $ZEC swap integration. > > "ECOSYSTEM RECAP Here's what happened last week Headline News $ZEC pool is live on THORChain. @Maya_Protocol is back. MAYAChain v1.133.0 is live after the recovery migration. Launches @mocadotapp added $ZEC swaps and routed one through the new pool the same day." ### Post #7 by @RujiraNetwork > **Author:** Rujira ([@RujiraNetwork](https://x.com/RujiraNetwork)) > **Metrics:** 42 likes · 5 retweets · 2 comments · 1.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T17:00:36+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RujiraNetwork/status/2107153996972700136](https://x.com/RujiraNetwork/status/2107153996972700136) > **Video Content:** A screenshot of the RUJIRA website showing an 'Earn Opportunities' page with options for Automated Trading (ATOM/RUNE, ATOM/USDC, AVAX/RUNE all at 12.40% APR), Lending (RUNE at 23.86% APR), and Staking (TCY at 23.13% APR). > > "We keep building, and soon you will have one place to explore all earning opportunities on Rujira Our new page will bring Lending, Staking and Automated Trading together. After THORChain v3.21, this and other improvements are coming to make your Rujira experience better." ### Post #8 by @Shft_Ctrl > **Author:** ‘•.•’ ([@Shft_Ctrl](https://x.com/Shft_Ctrl)) > **Metrics:** 33 likes · 3 retweets · 3 comments · 974 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T22:44:10+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Shft_Ctrl/status/2107240459407937841](https://x.com/Shft_Ctrl/status/2107240459407937841) > **Video Content:** The video shows an animated scene from Peppa Pig where a character crashes a kite into a muddy puddle, splattering mud onto Peppa Pig, her family, and the surrounding area, leaving them covered in dirt. On-screen text includes the "showmax" logo in the bottom left and "PEPPA PIG" in the bottom right, though no crypto-related tickers or numbers appear in the frames. The accompanying post discusses hack frequency and dollar thresholds for shutting down THORChain, contrasting the impact of small amounts like 10k or 100K in Nigeria versus wealthier regions. > > "Let’s say there are 3 hacks per day everyday for a month, should @THORChain remain shut down for a month or however long? What is the dollar amount of a hack that tc should shut down for? 1 million minimum? Now the value 10k or 100K is different to someone in Nigeria vs" ### Post #9 by @laurashin > **Author:** Laura Shin ([@laurashin](https://x.com/laurashin)) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 621 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T13:37:00+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107102759304806748](https://x.com/laurashin/status/2107102759304806748) > > "THORChain nodes paused their own network for five weeks after a $10.7M exploit in May. They declined Bitget's request to halt flows from a $387.5M hack. @cbarraford and @tayvano_ debate whether that's principle or a fee decision, live with @laurashin . Mon 3:20pm ET:" ### Post #10 by @THOR_InfoBot > **Author:** THOR InfoBot ([@THOR_InfoBot](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot)) > **Metrics:** 9 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 245 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T13:59:30+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2107108422466379809](https://x.com/THOR_InfoBot/status/2107108422466379809) > > "Node churn has started at block #28114138 Vaults are migrating. In: 7 nodes, bond +3.9Mᚱ Out: 3 nodes, bond -3.1Mᚱ Active bond net change: +812.6Kᚱ Rewards paid: 308.0Kᚱ ($244.2K) to 103 nodes Avg. reward: 3.0Kᚱ ($2.4K) per node Avg. APR: 33.7 %" ### Post #11 by @reddit > **Author:** FabulousPlace4905 ([@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)) > **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 200 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T13:41:37.705000+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/reddit/status/376d2f072e06ee9183455f00667c0bd2dd7ce2cccc020ba5b5930ec3251cd1d6](https://x.com/reddit/status/376d2f072e06ee9183455f00667c0bd2dd7ce2cccc020ba5b5930ec3251cd1d6) > > "Integrate THORChain and earn Suggested" ### Post #12 by @jaimesolis > **Author:** jaime ([@jaimesolis](https://x.com/jaimesolis)) > **Metrics:** 17 likes · 0 retweets · 17 comments · 151 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-05T11:02:22+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jaimesolis/status/2107063843234927106](https://x.com/jaimesolis/status/2107063843234927106) > > "GM. Zcash 的 NU7 在测试网上了，出块 25 秒。 昨天的帖子写的是测试网提前激活。今早被引用成一个月内快 3 倍。出块间隔是从 75 秒收到 25 秒。主网目标 11 月 5 日，10 月 20 日还有一次最终确认。 测试网还没到主网。THORChain 今早说金库加了大约 5.1 万美元的" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*