XRP Bug Could Have Let Hackers Print Billions in Crypto Out of Thin Air (gizmodo.com)

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[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Bane voice: "and im giving the money printers to you, the people"

The disclosure report says the bug likely dates all the way back to 2015, when the current payment engine was written

Nobody found an overflow in a decade. Amazing

The bit about how the change voting stuff works (and was justifiably sidelined for this) is interesting.

this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2026

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