Polygon’s proposed native POL recovery

What happened

Polygon contributors proposed a fork on November 4, 2026, to recover about 70.49M POL attributed to the Polymarket and Binance incidents.

What changed

Validators would move native balances from 5 listed addresses to designated recovery addresses without holder signatures.

What did not change

The proposal preserves total supply and leaves bridge contracts unchanged.

Confirmed

• The proposal requires governance approval and testing on Amoy.
• The proposers require proof that recipients control the recovery addresses.

Still open

• Governance has not established approval, activation timing or a final client release.
• The reported balances remain subject to verification before activation.

What it means for an advisor

• Ketju should review the Polygon Bridge memo’s validator-dependency analysis for forced balance changes and potential chain splits.