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XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing

XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing

* Sponsored Sponsored Thought Leadership Expert perspectives from our partnersMedia & Partnership Opportunities Reach the architects of the digital economy Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release.

All 100 billion XRP were created when the ledger launched in 2012, and its software is built so no more can ever be added.

A separate limit on how much XRP a single account can receive wouldn’t have triggered either, because the attack spread the XRP across hundreds of accounts.

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