Litecoin faced a bug in MWEB that let invalid transactions pass on outdated nodes

A disruption on Litecoin briefly rattled the network on Saturday. A bug in its MimbleWimble Extension Block (MWEB) execution allowed invalid transactions to slip through outdated mining nodes. The Litecoin team stated that non-updated nodes processed a malformed MWEB transaction. This enabled coins to be pegged out to third-party DEXs.  The issue reportedly created a […]