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XRP Ledger fix separating burn and mint powers may activate on 4 Nov

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A fix for an XRP Ledger flaw that let accounts with only token-burning authority mint new tokens could activate as early as 14:46 UTC on 4 Nov. The change, which would not affect XRP supply, has backing from 33 of 35 validators, with at least 29 needed for two weeks.

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The story so far: XRP Ledger payment flaw

Researchers reported a decade-old XRP Ledger payment flaw that could have minted XRP beyond the 100bn cap; RippleX said there was no evidence of exploitation and released a fix. A related flaw let accounts with only token-burning authority mint new tokens, and fixCleanup3_4_0 activated on 4 Nov to close it, affecting…

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  1. XRP Ledger fixes decade-old flaw that could have minted XRP

  2. RippleX says XRPL flaw could have allowed excess XRP creation

  3. XRP Ledger Foundation says security fix did not mint new XRP

  4. ZachXBT says XRPL paid white-hat hacker only $250,000

  5. XRPL lending bug fix due around 23 Oct, pending validator support

  6. XRP Ledger fix delayed to November after validator support fell short

  7. XRPL fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment activation window moves to 4 November after vote reset

  8. XRP Ledger developers propose four fixes to tighten restricted token rules

  9. XRPL to fix security flaw that could let stablecoin partners mint tokens unauthorised

  10. XRP Ledger fix separating burn and mint powers may activate on 4 Nov

  11. XRP Ledger activates fixCleanup3_4_0 to close token minting loophole

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