Paul Brigner

Zcash Vulnerability Allows Unlimited Counterfeit Minting; ZEC Drops 31%

Zcash Orchard Pool Vulnerability Could Allow Infinite ZEC Minting; Price Crashes 40%

Zcash Founder Discloses Critical Counterfeiting Bug in Orchard Pool, Patched June 2

Zcash founder: Orchard bug could have been used to create undetectable counterfeit ZEC Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said security researcher Taylor Hornby discovered a critical counterfeiting vulnerability in Zcash’s Orchard pool on May 29. Zcash Open Development Lab coordinated an emergency response

吴说获悉，Zcash 创始人 Zooko 发文称，安全研究员 Taylor Hornby 于 5 月 29 日发现 Zcash Orchard pool 存在严重伪造漏洞，并向 Zcash Open Development Lab（ZODL）披露，ZODL 随后协调生态进行紧急响应，修复工作已于 6 月 2 日完成。Shielded Labs 表示，该漏洞真实且可被利用，Taylor 在本地测试环境中编写的利用程序可生成无限且无法检测的伪造 ZEC；由于 Orchard 的隐私属性，无法仅通过密码学方式证明漏洞修复前是否被利用，但其认为此前被利用的可能性较低。Shielded Labs 正在探