# Friend.tech team renounces control of smart contracts following stagnant growth

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/315172/friend-tech-team-renounces-control-of-smart-contracts-following-stagnant-growth
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Friendtech-team-renounces-control-of-smart-contracts-following-stagnant-growth?index=0x66e00019ee159ffd7cee3db30536e5a5f56adb5ecddb97cf9a8ba56f7e588d4cdac423f4
Submitted by macbudkowski.eth on 2024-09-10 UTC, 4 upvotes, 3 comments

## Comments

**tim**: I'm seeing

> Sorry, you have been blocked
> You are unable to access theblock.co

when I try to visit that page. Do others have the same issue or is that just me?

**qiaoliang.eth**: They soft rugged basically

**macbudkowski.eth**: The link works for me. Re: soft rug - I guess after making $40M from fees and not seeing any progress after the ponzi collapsed, they decided to call it a day.