🚨 $XRP HAD A BUG THAT COULD HAVE BROKEN ITS 100 BILLION SUPPLY CAP. IT STAYED HIDDEN FOR YEARS. An 11-year-old vulnerability in the XRP Ledger could theoretically have allowed attackers to create billions of XRP out of thin air. The flaw reportedly stemmed from an integer overflow, where extremely large transaction values could wrap around to tiny numbers. This could have allowed sellers to receive huge amounts of XRP while buyers paid almost nothing. The ledger’s own safeguards relied on the same flawed calculation, potentially allowing the exploit to go undetected. According to the XRP Ledger Foundation, the bug was discovered on September 22 by researcher Cayden Liao and Veria AI. RippleX shipped a fix, and no new XRP was created. The 100 billion XRP supply cap remains intact. But this incident highlights a bigger issue: even established blockchains can carry hidden vulnerabilities for years, especially when their safeguards depend on the same underlying logic. The Foundation is now looking to strengthen security through AI adversarial testing, formal verification and an improved bug bounty program. Blockchain security isn't just about decentralization. It's also about finding the flaws before someone else does. Could AI become the next major line of defense against crypto exploits? #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season# #XRP