🚨 server gossip that escalated fast: $XRP had a bug for a DECADE that let people create XRP out of thin air 👀
here’s what happened: researchers found a flaw believed to date back to 2015 that could have broken the 100 billion XRP cap — the fixed supply the maxis swear by. The exploit used a counting error in the ledger’s built-in exchange, with a massive cross-payment between hundreds of accounts. Imagine printing XRP with a setting, like a classic video game cheat code 😭
the good news: RippleX says it found NO evidence of exploitation on public networks and has quietly patched it (xrpld 3.4.1, on Sept. 25). The bug came to light now as part of a wave of old bugs AI is digging up — basically, AIs are auditing even the foundations nobody was checking
my take: for the price, what matters is that the supply is STILL intact and the patch came before the exploit. The opposite scenario (an exploited bug) would’ve been a token massacre. But heads up — $XRP is already looking weak, with yesterday’s inflows as its only bright spot, and security gossip like this always makes the ticker nervous, even when it gets resolved
did you trust the 100 billion cap on $XRP or was it blind faith? 👇
#EDEN #CryptoTrading #BinanceSquare #Altcoins #Trading
here’s what happened: researchers found a flaw believed to date back to 2015 that could have broken the 100 billion XRP cap — the fixed supply the maxis swear by. The exploit used a counting error in the ledger’s built-in exchange, with a massive cross-payment between hundreds of accounts. Imagine printing XRP with a setting, like a classic video game cheat code 😭
the good news: RippleX says it found NO evidence of exploitation on public networks and has quietly patched it (xrpld 3.4.1, on Sept. 25). The bug came to light now as part of a wave of old bugs AI is digging up — basically, AIs are auditing even the foundations nobody was checking
my take: for the price, what matters is that the supply is STILL intact and the patch came before the exploit. The opposite scenario (an exploited bug) would’ve been a token massacre. But heads up — $XRP is already looking weak, with yesterday’s inflows as its only bright spot, and security gossip like this always makes the ticker nervous, even when it gets resolved
did you trust the 100 billion cap on $XRP or was it blind faith? 👇
#EDEN #CryptoTrading #BinanceSquare #Altcoins #Trading