Ethereum software bug triggers emergency fixes across major layer-2 networks
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A software flaw that could allow specially crafted transactions to produce incorrect blockchain state calculations has prompted coordinated fixes across Ethereum infrastructure. On Nov. 5, Georgios Konstantopoulos, chief technology officer at crypto investment firm Paradigm , said that developers had released patches for Reth, Optimism , Base and Tempo after discovering an error in software used to process blockchain transactions. The vulnerability affected Reth, an Ethereum execution client developed by Paradigm that provides critical infrastructure for networks operating within the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem .
Source: CryptoSlate
