XRP Ledger defends emergency patch for unlimited XRP bug

The XRP Ledger Foundation pushed back against claims that its emergency security patch was forced on network operators. XRP Ledger developers have defended the emergency security patch used to fix a bug capable of creating XRP beyond the network’s fixed supply, saying they could not wait for the network’s usual two-week validator vote without exposing the flaw to attackers. The fix, released on Sept. 25, came three days after a bug bounty report, and took effect immediately on any server that installed it.