Cosmos patches ‘critical’ IBC protocol bug, saving $126M
IBC has always had the bug, but it only recently became exploitable due to developments in the protocol’s codebase, Asymmetric Research said.
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IBC has always had the bug, but it only recently became exploitable due to developments in the protocol’s codebase, Asymmetric Research said.
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