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Eleven-Year-Old Bug in XRP Ledger Could Have Minted 18 Trillion XRP

  • —Integer overflow in payment totals had existed since 2015
  • —One transaction could have created about 18 trillion XRP, 180x total supply
  • —The flaw was found by a Veria Labs AI agent; bounty reached $250,000
  • —Patch 3.4.1 shipped September 25; no evidence of public exploitation
Why it matters: The fix bypassed the normal amendment process and kept code closed for about two weeks, reviving debate over XRP Ledger's decentralization.
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Source: Cryptonaute
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