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Sleuth ZachXBT Blasts Ripple’s Cheap $250K Payout for 18T XRP Bug

Bitcoin.com News·October 12, 2026·1 min read
Sleuth ZachXBT Blasts Ripple’s Cheap $250K Payout for 18T XRP Bug

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT criticized Ripple's $250K payout for a bug that, if exploited, would have allowed someone to issue 18 trillion XRP in a single transaction, 184 times the original capped supply. The reward was given to Cayden Liao and Veria Labs by the Ripple Ledger Foundation.

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