The Shiba Inu developer ecosystem is relatively quiet. Shiba Inu developer Karl Dahlia last posted on December 30th, when he published his year-end letter. $SHIB Army December 31st.
This reflects the silence of Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shitoshi Kusama, whose last activity with X was from December 7th to 8th.
In his year-end message, $SHIB In the community, Dhairya revealed plans to permanently cure Shibarium users who were affected by the September hacking incident. Then the vision for SOU was born ($SHIB (owes you), a system where all affected users have an SOU $NFTThis is an on-chain, verifiable record of what exactly the ecosystem is owed. This cryptographic proof is permanently recorded on the Ethereum blockchain.
Since Dhairya introduced the Shiba Inu SOU in late 2025, we haven’t heard much from the Shiba Inu developer again as community-driven SOUs are launched.
Shiba Inu community is waiting for updates
While the Shiba Inu community awaits further official updates, $SHIB The SOU NFT, Woofswap, and Shibarium projects have revealed their commitment to the SOU system, which aims to complete Shibarium users with SOU tokens on the BSC chain.
Wofswap said in a tweet that the Shibarium community is waiting for the green light as Shiba Inu developer Kaal Dhairya has not made an official announcement yet.
I read a lot of comments and discussions!
First of all, let me be clear: I am not the core leader of the organization. $SHIB—I’m just a builder doing my part.
$4 million sounds like a big number, but in the grand scheme of things, Shib Owes You – $SOU, the amount you can cover is actually quite limited… pic.twitter.com/HOZ9YijwoN
— WOOF (@woofswap) January 24, 2026
Woofswap says it remains motivated to provide compensation to struggling users who have suffered losses. Despite moves by participants in the Shibarium ecosystem, the Shiba Inu community continues to be heard. $SHIB Tell developers what’s next for 2026.
Shiba Inu Vision dead?
In his letter to $SHIB Karl Dahlia, the Army’s Shiba Inu developer, said the Shiba Inu vision is not dead, but it has just gone through some hardships.
Dhairya identified technology as the team’s core strength, and the focus will now shift to the technology sector of the ecosystem.
In a call to the Shiba Inu community, Dahlia said that “we need people to step up if they believe this is what Shiba Inu is supposed to be” because what they are doing now may not continue forever.
