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Zcash Orchard pool fixes forged vulnerability after four years; unable to confirm whether it has been exploited

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox disclosed on X on June 5 that security researcher Taylor Hornby found a severe forgery vulnerability in the Zcash Orchard pool on May 29 that allows unlimited minting of ZEC, with the fix completed on June 2. Due to Orchard’s privacy properties, it’s not possible to determine cryptographically whether the vulnerability had already been exploited before it was patched. Vulnerability technical details: Opus 4.8 aided discovery of insufficient elliptic curve multiplicatio
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MarketWhisper·06-05 01:51
Zcash Orchard pool fixes forged vulnerability after four years; unable to confirm whether it has been exploited