Why a Bug Threatening XRP’s 100 Billion Supply Cap Remained Hidden for Years
Key Highlights: Security researchers discovered an 11-year-old integer overflow bug in the XRP Ledger that theoretically could have allowed the creation of new XRP tokens out of thin air. Discovered on September 22 by researcher Cayden Liao and Veria AI, the flaw went unnoticed because typical transaction activity never approached the threshold needed to trigger ...