# MANTRA Chain mainnet stays frozen post-exploit, with the Aug. 21 revival hinging on a single testnet patch

Aug. 21 was a blank day for MANTRA Chain. Nothing moved: no transactions, no transfers, no staking. Mainnet remained in a paused state after the team disclosed that an attacker had exploited a flaw in an upstream dependency, and the sole thing separating users from a functioning chain was whether a

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| Published | 22 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/mantra-chain-mainnet-stays-frozen-post-exploit-with-the-aug-21-revival-hinging-on-a-single-testnet-patch/