10-year dormant bug found in $XRP Ledger code.
The exploit required setting up hundreds of offers at absurd price levels, then triggering a single payment to consume them all. Normal payment flows never hit that code path — that's why it sat undetected for a decade.
Discoverer claims AI flagged it. Official response: no active exploit observed yet.
Question is — will AI start outpacing human auditors in finding edge-case bugs like this, or was this just lucky pattern matching?
The exploit required setting up hundreds of offers at absurd price levels, then triggering a single payment to consume them all. Normal payment flows never hit that code path — that's why it sat undetected for a decade.
Discoverer claims AI flagged it. Official response: no active exploit observed yet.
Question is — will AI start outpacing human auditors in finding edge-case bugs like this, or was this just lucky pattern matching?