ZachXBT says a $250,000 bounty was too small for a bug that could have minted trillions of XRP. the flaw sat in the $XRP Ledger’s payment engine since 2015. It could let one transaction create about 18 trillion XRP, against a 100 billion cap. Veria Labs reported it on September 22. An AI agent found it. Ripple paid the program’s maximum, $250,000, and shipped a fix three days later in version 3.4.1. Developers said they found no sign it was ever used. ZachXBT’s point is the gap. The ledger secures a token worth tens of billions. The top disclosed payout is $250,000. A researcher who sells the bug instead of reporting it is looking at a much larger number. Programs set maximums so the budget is known. A maximum below the value at risk is the part he is criticizing. $250,000 is the bounty. 18 trillion is the $XRP the bug could have created. The fix is in. The incentive is the open question. #BTC Price Analysis# #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season# $BTC