An arithmetic bug that had been hidden in the XRP Ledger for nearly a decade has just been uncovered—the payment engine has an integer overflow that could theoretically mint XRP out of thin air. The trick is to first place hundreds of abnormal orders, then consume them all in a single payment; the extra coins can still be spent normally. Even more awkwardly, the security check specifically designed to prevent coin minting uses the same algorithm and makes the same calculation error, meaning it effectively detects nothing. Officials confirmed that the vulnerability had existed since 2015. A researcher reported it only last month, and it has been fixed in version 3.4.1. No real-world exploitation has been found so far. So for now, this was just a false alarm, and there is no need to view it as bearish from a sentiment perspective. $XRP

$XRP XRP Almost Got Minted Out of Thin Air? A Vulnerability Hidden for 11 Years Just hearing about it sends chills down your spine! Holy shit Guys An epic underlying code vulnerability has been exposed in XRP Fortunately, the development team has already fixed it The good news is The vulnerability existed for 11 years But there is no evidence that hackers actually exploited it It's hard to say whether XRP was lucky or unlucky The bad news is that its underlying code had a vulnerability The good news is that hackers never exploited it This was an overflow vulnerability in the XRP Ledger's payment engine It had been buried in the underlying code since it was first written in 2015 Hackers could construct a special order Then add another payment transaction And exploit the calculation overflow flaw To generate new XRP out of thin air To put it simply Pay only a tiny amount when buying something The system makes a calculation error And transfers a massive amount of XRP to the hacker Directly breaking through XRP's hard cap of 100 billion coins Once the vulnerability was exploited A huge amount of XRP would appear out of thin air And immediately crash the price A white-hat hacker reported the flaw through the bug bounty program The RippleX team reproduced it and confirmed that the vulnerability was real They quickly released a new version And closed the loophole for unauthorized issuance In the short term, this news Could easily trigger panic selling pressure Many newcomers won't understand it And may worry about unlimited XRP issuance Leading to a sharp short-term drop with a downward wick But guys Have you ever thought about this? A major vulnerability was buried in the underlying code for 11 years To be honest Are there any more vulnerabilities? Nobody knows Don't fucking go to sleep Only to wake up and find that the coins in your hands have turned into air That would be hilarious ‍#Gate亮相TOKEN2049