Before Ethereum even launched, a security researcher found a bug that let you send yourself unlimited ETH


All you had to do was send a negative payment
The code removed the amount you sent from your wallet but if the amount was negative, your holdings went up instead of down
Ethereum's own release coordinator called it "my favorite bug so far, an absolute gem: the ability to send a negative payment that moves value FROM the recipient TO the sender"
The bounty for finding it was 5 BTC and the exploit code is still live on GitHub right now
A $230 billion network almost launched with an infinite money glitch built into it
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