XRP Ledger Patches Decade-Old Overflow Bug That Could Have Minted 18 Trillion XRP in a Single Transaction
RippleX patched a critical overflow bug from 2015 that could have created 18 trillion XRP in one transaction. Veria Labs earned a $250,000 bounty. The post XRP Ledger Patches Decade-Old Overflow Bug That Could Have Minte...
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XRP Ledger patches decade-old bug that could have minted trillions of XRP
An overflow bug in the XRP Ledger's payment engine could have let an attacker mint about 18 tri...
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