Core DAO Initiates Emergency Hard Fork Over Excess Validator Rewards
- Core DAO is coordinating an emergency hard fork after validators claimed excess CORE rewards beyond the blockchain’s intended issuance.
- The incident was contained, preventing “malicious validators” from drawing additional rewards, with user assets remaining safe.
- Several exchanges, including Coinbase and Bithumb, paused or suspended CORE transactions due to security concerns during the incident.
- Core has not disclosed the amount of excess CORE issued or how long the issue persisted but plans to publish a technical postmortem.
The emergency hard fork aims to address vulnerabilities that allowed excessive reward claims by validators while ensuring that all confirmed transactions remain intact. This situation highlights ongoing security challenges within blockchain networks.
As Core DAO moves forward with its planned hard fork, it remains unclear how much excess CORE was issued during this incident. (Source)
