Liquid Network suffers $320M hack as 4,000 BTC drained from federation wallet
The hack exposes vulnerabilities in Bitcoin sidechains, challenging trust in federated models and prompting scrutiny of open-source security. The post Liquid Network suffers $320M hack as 4,000 BTC drained from federatio...
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The hack exposes vulnerabilities in Bitcoin sidechains, challenging trust in federated models and prompting scrutiny of open-source security.
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