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XRP Ledger Foundation Rejects Claims It Forced Emergency Patch

The XRP Ledger Foundation disputed allegations that network operators were compelled to adopt an emergency patch for an unlimited XRP bug.

XRP Ledger Foundation Rejects Claims It Forced Emergency Patch

The XRP Ledger Foundation has rejected claims that it imposed an emergency security update on network operators, according to Cointelegraph.

The patch addressed a bug described as allowing unlimited XRP. The dispute concerns whether operators were forced to apply the fix.

The foundation pushed back against that characterization. The supplied report did not detail the vulnerability, how the update was deployed or whether the bug had been exploited.

Source: Cointelegraph

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