B14g said it plans to begin repaying affected users within 5 to 7 days after reviewing the CORE theft. According to Odaily, the October 31, 2026, report said attackers exploited a compatibility flaw between B14g’s staking contract and Core Network’s native staking contract, using one transaction to make 99 zero-CORE withdrawal requests across 91 staking orders. About 97.05 million CORE was stolen. The incident did not involve a private-key leak or the modification or deployment of new B14g contract code. BTC staked through B14g was unaffected and remains locked on the Bitcoin blockchain.

About 68.15 million CORE, or 70.2% of the stolen amount, was recovered through a Core hard fork on November 2. A further 12 million CORE was reportedly frozen by trading platforms. B14g plans to return the recovered CORE in proportion to the original balances of affected orders. It said the remaining losses will be repaid using 50% of future revenue from Core staking, with affected users able to claim payments weekly.