#XRPLedgerPatchesXRPCreationBug
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XRP Ledger patched 10-YEAR bug that could print UNLIMITED XRP!
Bug since 2015 in payment engine could break 100B supply cap
How?
- Open 100s accounts (few hundred XRP)
- Offer tiny token for huge XRP
- One payment buys all
- Total too big = integer overflow = wraps to small number
- Sellers paid full, buyer charged almost nothing
- Difference = NEW XRP from nothing!
Could be spent on exchanges = billions
Fixed Sep 25 in xrpld 3.4.1 - 3 days after report Sep 22 by Cayden Liao + Veria AI
Disclosed Oct 9 yesterday
80%+ validators upgraded same day
First time in 10 years bypassed vote to hide bug
No evidence exploited - we got lucky
XRP $1.38 today - what if attacker printed 1B XRP and dumped?
Is XRP still decentralized if RippleX can emergency patch without vote?
#Xrpđ„đ„ #XRPL #Bug #100Billion #Ripple #BinanceSquare
đšđšđš
XRP Ledger patched 10-YEAR bug that could print UNLIMITED XRP!
Bug since 2015 in payment engine could break 100B supply cap
How?
- Open 100s accounts (few hundred XRP)
- Offer tiny token for huge XRP
- One payment buys all
- Total too big = integer overflow = wraps to small number
- Sellers paid full, buyer charged almost nothing
- Difference = NEW XRP from nothing!
Could be spent on exchanges = billions
Fixed Sep 25 in xrpld 3.4.1 - 3 days after report Sep 22 by Cayden Liao + Veria AI
Disclosed Oct 9 yesterday
80%+ validators upgraded same day
First time in 10 years bypassed vote to hide bug
No evidence exploited - we got lucky
XRP $1.38 today - what if attacker printed 1B XRP and dumped?
Is XRP still decentralized if RippleX can emergency patch without vote?
#Xrpđ„đ„ #XRPL #Bug #100Billion #Ripple #BinanceSquare