Why a bug that could have threatened XRP's 100 billion supply cap stayed hidden for years
The XRP Ledger Foundation said normal parameters never triggered the bug that could have broken XRP's supply cap, which is why it was undetected for years.
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What happened
The XRP Ledger Foundation said normal parameters never triggered the bug that could have broken XRP’s supply cap, which is why it was undetected for years.
Reported details
- XRP Ledger fixes a decade-old bug that could mint 18 trillion XRP. Researchers earned a $250K bounty, with no evidence of public exploitation.
Why this matters
Why is a factual update rather than a structural change to tokenized assets. Its value to a desk is the sourced detail and the timing, so read it next to the linked reporting and treat any figure the sources do not state as unknown.
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
Corroborate Why with one independent dated source, and treat any figure the linked reports do not state as unknown rather than inferred.
Sources and editorial check time
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crypto.news Live: https://crypto.news/xrp-ledger-confirms-100b-supply-is-safe-after-major-security-flaw/
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Editorial source check time: 2026-10-12T09:04:07.343Z
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