Security· ★★★★· bullish·

XRP Ledger Patches Decade-Old Flaw That Could Mint Unlimited XRP

  • —The flaw existed since 2015 and could have minted up to 18 trillion XRP
  • —Patch xrpld 3.4.1 shipped September 25 without the standard amendment process
  • —Ripple paid Veria Labs its maximum $250,000 bug bounty
  • —The update also fixed a separate bug in the Batch feature, which was not live on mainnet
Why it matters: The flaw threatened XRP's fixed supply, with $94 billion at risk; the incident is set to accelerate AI-driven and formal-verification audits across blockchains.
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Source: ForkLog
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