Brazil’s CBDC pilot contains code that can freeze or reduce funds, dev claims
Pedro Magalhães, a blockchain developer who claims to have reverse-engineered Brazil’s pilot CBDC has found code that would allow accounts to be frozen or drained at will.
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Pedro Magalhães, a blockchain developer who claims to have reverse-engineered Brazil’s pilot CBDC has found code that would allow accounts to be frozen or drained at will.
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