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humor Cloud Crypto Desk 2026-10-13

XRPL Narrowly Dodges 18 Trillion Token Meltdown Thanks to Bug Bounty Sleuths

Developers discovered a vintage integer overflow bug lurking in the XRP Ledger payment engine since 2015 that could have minted an absurd 18.45 trillion tokens out of thin air. Down here in Baja, we’re entirely unfazed by the threat of infinite digital inflation, mostly because our local corner store still prices bags of chips in pesos and refuses to accept anything that isn't cash or a shiny cold Tecate.

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