XRP Ledger confirms 100B supply is safe after major security flaw

The XRP Ledger has fixed a critical security flaw dating back to 2015 that could have allowed attackers to create approximately 18 trillion XRP through a single specially designed transaction, with more than 80% of trusted validators installing the emergency update on September 25. XRPL developers fixed a critical payment bug that could create spendable XRP beyond its supply. Researcher Cayden Liao demonstrated approximately 18 trillion XRP could be minted through one crafted transaction. The security team found no evidence that the overflow flaw was exploited on public networks.

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Source: crypto.news