Fix incoming for MetaMask bug that’s slowly killing solid-state drives

MetaMask’s Silent SSD Killer Bug Gets Emergency Fix

ConsenSys, the company behind the widely used MetaMask crypto wallet, is preparing to release an urgent fix for a serious software bug that has been silently damaging users’ solid-state drives (SSDs). The problem, discovered recently, causes MetaMask to generate constant, high-volume disk writes in the background, sometimes amounting to hundreds of gigabytes daily, leading to […] The post MetaMask’s Silent SSD Killer Bug Gets Emergency Fix appea…

MetaMask Bug Shortens SSD Lifespan, Users Warn on GitHub – #CryptoUpdatesGNIT

Consensys, the blockchain firm behind MetaMask, has confirmed it will be “imminently” releasing a fix for its MetaMask browser extension after users reported it has been writing hundreds of gigabytes of data per day into their solid-state drives, potentially shortening their lifespan.  Speaking to Cointelegraph, a Consensys spokesperson confirmed there has been “usually high disk activity” affecting certain MetaMask users. One of the more recent…

Fix incoming for MetaMask bug that’s slowly killing solid-state drives

A GitHub user has warned of a bug in the MetaMask browser extension that can make it continuously write data to solid-state drives, causing them to wear out prematurely. Consensys says a fix is imminent.