Security· ★★★· bearish·

Ontology Halts Block Production After Security Threat Detected

  • —Ontology received an urgent alert about a possible vulnerability in a project on its network
  • —Block production was halted in coordination with the majority of consensus nodes
  • —The network will resume only after the investigation confirms it is safe to restart
Why it matters: Halting block production on an L1 is a rare step; a confirmed exploit would hurt confidence in ONT and its ecosystem.
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Source: Bitcoin Sistemi
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