XRP had a hidden minting bug for years that let one transaction print more $XRP than all 100 BILLION in existence
The bug lived inside the XRP Ledger payment engine
Stack enough offers and the XRP total overflowed and wrapped around
The result was spendable XRP created out of nothing
The safety check built to stop that had the exact same flaw
A researcher reported it on September 22
The patch shipped September 25
It skipped the normal amendment vote entirely
Over 80% of default validators upgraded the same day
The public only found out yesterday
No evidence it was ever exploited
Three days to fix a decade old bug is impressive until you remember the fix only worked because nobody waited for permission
#BTC Price Analysis# #Macro Insights#
The bug lived inside the XRP Ledger payment engine
Stack enough offers and the XRP total overflowed and wrapped around
The result was spendable XRP created out of nothing
The safety check built to stop that had the exact same flaw
A researcher reported it on September 22
The patch shipped September 25
It skipped the normal amendment vote entirely
Over 80% of default validators upgraded the same day
The public only found out yesterday
No evidence it was ever exploited
Three days to fix a decade old bug is impressive until you remember the fix only worked because nobody waited for permission
#BTC Price Analysis# #Macro Insights#