XRP Ledger Foundation (XRPL) explains why a bug that threatened the 100 billion XRP cap sat hidden for years

XRP Ledger Foundation (XRPL) explains why a bug that threatened the 100 billion XRP cap sat hidden for years

The XRP Ledger Foundation said normal parameters never triggered the bug that could have broken XRP's supply cap, which is why it went unseen for years.

XRP Ledger Foundation Makes Major Confirmation On Recent Bug Fix

A recently disclosed vulnerability in the XRP Ledger raised questions about whether an attacker could bypass the network’s fixed XRP supply and create new tokens. Cayden Liao and Veria AI identified the issue, and the 3.4.1 software release addressed it. As questions emerged about the vulnerability and how developers handled it, the XRP Ledger Foundation […]

XRP Ledger Bug Could Have Broken 100 Billion Supply Cap - The Blockopedia

A flaw in the XRP Ledger could have let someone create new XRP and push the total supply past its long-standing 100 billion cap. The issue sat in the code for more than a decade, according to the XRP Ledger Foundation, because ordinary activity never came close to setting it off. What the bug could […]

XRPL branded 'cheap' for paying infinite XRP exploiter just $250K

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT says XRPL 'cheaply' paid the whitehat hacker and is asking to lose $100M in future XRP exploits because of it.

XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015

An integer overflow in the payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token’s total supply.