Aptos CEO rejects rumor that the blockchain will shut down within six months

Aptos Labs co-founder and CEO Avery Ching has dismissed claims that Aptos will shut down its blockchain in the next six months, calling the assertion a "stupid rumor" in a post on X. Public governance records currently show that the network still has upgrade proposals under discussion, and that mainnet feature updates have already been carried out. Based on those records, there is no official plan indicating that the Aptos mainnet will be shut down. The response directly addresses a market rumor and points back to on-chain governance activity and executed network changes as the publicly available basis for rebutting the claim. The information cited in the report does not show any announced timeline or formal process tied to a mainnet shutdown.