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Monday, 12 October 2026

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XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015

UK trading desk, Time Trade (2026-10-12): An integer overflow in the payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token’s total supply. Primary source: original at Decrypt (decrypt.co).

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XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015

An integer overflow in the payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token’s total supply.

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