ZachXBT Slams Ripple Over $250K Reward for Critical XRP Supply Bug

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has criticized the $250,000 reward paid to researchers who uncovered a critical XRP Ledger vulnerability, arguing that the payout was disproportionately small compared with the potential damage the flaw could have caused. In an October 12 post on X, ZachXBT questioned why a researcher who responsibly disclosed a vulnerability capable of creating XRP beyond its intended supply received only a quarter-million-dollar reward. "Cheaply paying the whitehat $250K for a critical infinite XRP supply bug when your treasury has billions?" he wrote.