Crypto Founder Defends FBI Involvement After Developer Accidentally Causes Blockchain Split

Crypto Founder Defends FBI Involvement After Developer Accidentally Causes Blockchain Split

Innocent pen testing mistake or premeditated attack?

Crypto Founder Defends FBI Involvement After Developer Accidentally Causes Blockchain Split

On Friday, Cardano’s mainnet experienced a significant chain split after a single malformed delegation transaction exploited a vulnerability in the network’s node software. The issue stemmed from a deserialization bug that had been present since 2022, allowing the transaction to pass validation on newer nodes while being rejected by older ones. This created two incompatible ledger states, fragmenting the $14 billion blockchain into parallel chai…

Crypto Founder Defends FBI Involvement After Developer Accidentally Causes Blockchain Split

Innocent pen testing mistake or premeditated attack?

Cardano Faces Crisis and Network Split As Hoskinson Involves Federal Authorities - The Cryptocurrency Post

The Cardano community is experiencing moments of high tension after a temporary split in the chain was confirmed. Given the technical gravity of the situation and the volatility in the Cardano price, founder Charles Hoskinson calls the FBI to intervene legally. He described the event not as a simple technical accident, but as a deliberate and malicious attack against the network’s infrastructure. The technical incident caused the network to simu…

Cardano chain split was an attack, not a bug: CEO Hoskinson

Stakes over the recent Cardano network split have risen further, with founder Charles Hoskinson calling it a deliberate, targeted attack.