Ledger attack spreads to EU, AI finds ’18 trillion XRP’ bug: Hodler’s Digest
An user reports buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe. Security researchers use AI to uncover a “$94 billion” XRP bug — but receive just a $250K bounty.
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What happened
An user reports buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe. Security researchers use AI to uncover a “$94 billion” XRP bug — but receive just a $250K bounty.
Reported details
- An overflow bug in the XRP Ledger’s payment engine could have let an attacker mint about 18 trillion spendable XRP in one transaction.
Why this matters
Ledger attack spreads carries pricing or financing terms rather than a structural change on its face. If it sets out a yield, a spread or a financing cost, the figure worth having is the net one: after issuer fees, redemption friction, and the credit behind the collateral. A headline number without those deductions is not a return, and this brief does not treat it as one.
Evidence boundary
The scope is limited to what the linked reports state, and where two of them diverge both positions are recorded without either being picked in advance.
What to verify
Read Ledger attack spreads for any figure it actually states, net of issuer fees and redemption friction where those apply, alongside the credit standing of whatever collateral is named.
Sources and editorial check time
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Cointelegraph: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/ledger-attack-spreads-to-eu-ai-finds-18-trillion-xrp-bug-hodlers-digest
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The Block RSS: https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-10-11-xrp-ledger-patches-decade-old-bug-that-could-have-minted-trillions-of-xrp-418230
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Editorial source check time: 2026-10-12T01:01:22.542Z
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